Surgery Waits

Category 1 (urgent) surgery waiting times

Of the 234 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] down to 42% at Rockingham General Hospital.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Category 1 (urgent) means surgery is recommended within 30 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery that is clinically urgent: the condition can deteriorate quickly enough to become an emergency. Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you — it is a clinical judgement, not a choice.

The recommended time is a target, not a promise. The table below shows how often each public hospital met it: the share of urgent patients treated within 30 days, with the median wait beside it.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. The per-surgery comparisons are on the surgery pages.

Every public hospital, ranked

Category 1 (urgent) planned surgery at Australian public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital State Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC 100% 14 days 2065 surgeries
1 Angliss Hospital VIC 100% 13 days 854 surgeries
1 Auburn Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 360 surgeries
1 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC 100% 10 days 2415 surgeries
1 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC 100% 15 days 2095 surgeries
1 Ballina District Hospital NSW 100% 15 days 243 surgeries
1 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital NSW 100% 18 days 938 surgeries
1 Bass Coast Health VIC 100% 14 days 376 surgeries
1 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre VIC 100% 6 days 494 surgeries
1 Blacktown Hospital NSW 100% 20 days 677 surgeries
1 Bowral Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 269 surgeries
1 Box Hill Hospital VIC 100% 14 days 3074 surgeries
1 Broadmeadows Health Service VIC 100% 7 days 20 surgeries
1 Calvary Mater Newcastle NSW 100% 13 days 466 surgeries
1 Campbelltown Hospital NSW 100% 21 days 456 surgeries
1 Canterbury Hospital NSW 100% 16 days 304 surgeries
1 Casey Hospital VIC 100% 13 days 3246 surgeries
1 Ceduna District Health Service SA 100% 2 days 18 surgeries
1 Clare Hospital SA 100% 7 days 10 surgeries
1 Coffs Harbour Hospital NSW 100% 16 days 756 surgeries
1 Collie Hospital WA 100% 5 days 10 surgeries
1 Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW 100% 6 days 1812 surgeries
1 Cooma Hospital and Health Service NSW 100% 5 days 12 surgeries
1 Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre VIC 100% 9 days 320 surgeries
1 Crystal Brook and District Hospital SA 100% 7 days 11 surgeries
1 Dandenong Hospital VIC 100% 5 days 3343 surgeries
1 Deniliquin Hospital NSW 100% 15 days 49 surgeries
1 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] VIC 100% 11 days 222 surgeries
1 Dubbo Hospital NSW 100% 16 days 813 surgeries
1 Fairfield Hospital NSW 100% 19 days 215 surgeries
1 Frankston Hospital VIC 100% 13 days 1944 surgeries
1 Frankston Public Surgical Centre VIC 100% 9 days 1473 surgeries
1 Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital NSW 100% 20 days 49 surgeries
1 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] VIC 100% 12 days 1061 surgeries
1 Griffith Base Hospital NSW 100% 13 days 387 surgeries
1 Hawkesbury Hospital NSW 100% 13 days 386 surgeries
1 Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health VIC 100% 14 days 24 surgeries
1 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC 100% 13 days 2813 surgeries
1 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 442 surgeries
1 John Hunter Hospital NSW 100% 6 days 2807 surgeries
1 Kangaroo Island Health Service SA 100% 6 days 19 surgeries
1 Kurri Kurri Hospital NSW 100% 9 days 246 surgeries
1 Lachlan Health Service - Forbes NSW 100% 8 days 22 surgeries
1 Lachlan Health Service - Parkes NSW 100% 20 days 22 surgeries
1 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC 100% 14 days 968 surgeries
1 Lithgow Hospital NSW 100% 18 days 91 surgeries
1 Liverpool Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 1981 surgeries
1 Mareeba Hospital QLD 100% 27 days 17 surgeries
1 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] VIC 100% 10 days 1437 surgeries
1 Mercy Hospital for Women VIC 100% 8 days 736 surgeries
1 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC 100% 8 days 1975 surgeries
1 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC 100% 14 days 2501 surgeries
1 Moree Hospital NSW 100% 8 days 54 surgeries
1 Mount Druitt Hospital NSW 100% 15 days 238 surgeries
1 Mudgee Health Service NSW 100% 9 days 76 surgeries
1 Nepean Hospital NSW 100% 13 days 1916 surgeries
1 Northeast Health Wangaratta VIC 100% 13 days 938 surgeries
1 Northern Beaches Hospital NSW 100% 10 days 1083 surgeries
1 Orange Health Service NSW 100% 9 days 893 surgeries
1 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC 100% 12 days 2648 surgeries
1 Port Macquarie Base Hospital NSW 100% 13 days 919 surgeries
1 Queanbeyan Hospital NSW 100% 9 days 92 surgeries
1 Robina Hospital QLD 100% 15 days 2548 surgeries
1 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 100% 9 days 1905 surgeries
1 Royal Hospital for Women NSW 100% 11 days 563 surgeries
1 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC 100% 13 days 4388 surgeries
1 Royal North Shore Hospital NSW 100% 12 days 2081 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW 100% 6 days 3005 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics NSW 100% 5 days 102 surgeries
1 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 100% 15 days 1596 surgeries
1 Ryde Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 176 surgeries
1 Sandringham Hospital VIC 100% 4 days 174 surgeries
1 Sandringham Monash VIC 100% 13 days 264 surgeries
1 Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone NSW 100% 12 days 16 surgeries
1 Shoalhaven Hospital NSW 100% 19 days 564 surgeries
1 Singleton Hospital NSW 100% 8 days 31 surgeries
1 South East Regional Hospital NSW 100% 16 days 259 surgeries
1 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] VIC 100% 15 days 29 surgeries
1 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] VIC 100% 3 days 1147 surgeries
1 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW 100% 7 days 1562 surgeries
1 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC 100% 12 days 2501 surgeries
1 St Vincent's On the Park VIC 100% 11 days 271 surgeries
1 Sunshine Hospital VIC 100% 10 days 3723 surgeries
1 Sutherland Hospital NSW 100% 21 days 314 surgeries
1 Sydney Children's Hospital NSW 100% 6 days 873 surgeries
1 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital NSW 100% 13 days 580 surgeries
1 Temora Hospital NSW 100% 8 days 11 surgeries
1 The Alfred VIC 100% 10 days 3915 surgeries
1 The Bendigo Hospital VIC 100% 14 days 2311 surgeries
1 The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW 100% 5 days 1639 surgeries
1 The Kilmore & District Hospital VIC 100% 9 days 14 surgeries
1 The Northern Hospital [Epping] VIC 100% 13 days 2799 surgeries
1 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital VIC 100% 8 days 2080 surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital QLD 100% 1 day 13 surgeries
1 University Hospital Geelong VIC 100% 11 days 3835 surgeries
1 Victorian Heart Hospital VIC 100% 8 days 128 surgeries
1 Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW 100% 12 days 1302 surgeries
1 Weipa Hospital QLD 100% 1 day 24 surgeries
1 Werribee Mercy Hospital VIC 100% 16 days 1330 surgeries
1 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] VIC 100% 9 days 866 surgeries
1 Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC 100% 11 days 1570 surgeries
1 Westmead Hospital NSW 100% 14 days 3321 surgeries
1 Williamstown Hospital VIC 100% 11 days 903 surgeries
1 Wollongong Hospital NSW 100% 7 days 2727 surgeries
1 Women's and Children's Hospital SA 100% 10 days 1254 surgeries
1 Yarra Ranges Health VIC 100% 17 days 721 surgeries
107 Armidale Hospital NSW 99% 19 days 157 surgeries
107 Belmont Hospital NSW 99% 17 days 951 surgeries
107 Blue Mountains Hospital NSW 99% 21 days 99 surgeries
107 Bundaberg Base Hospital QLD 99% 21 days 1086 surgeries
107 Cessnock Hospital NSW 99% 16 days 159 surgeries
107 Goulburn Base Hospital NSW 99% 15 days 198 surgeries
107 Hedland Health Campus WA 99% 5 days 137 surgeries
107 Maitland Hospital NSW 99% 12 days 449 surgeries
107 Manning Hospital NSW 99% 22 days 506 surgeries
107 Mater Mothers' Hospital QLD 99% 9 days 345 surgeries
107 Moruya Hospital NSW 99% 18 days 258 surgeries
107 Muswellbrook Hospital NSW 99% 13 days 97 surgeries
107 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) SA 99% 14 days 65 surgeries
107 Prince of Wales Hospital NSW 99% 13 days 1755 surgeries
107 Shellharbour Hospital NSW 99% 21 days 347 surgeries
107 Tamworth Hospital NSW 99% 14 days 760 surgeries
107 Wauchope District Memorial Hospital NSW 99% 11 days 201 surgeries
124 Albany Hospital WA 98% 23 days 985 surgeries
124 Atherton Hospital QLD 98% 13 days 55 surgeries
124 Gold Coast University Hospital QLD 98% 17 days 4939 surgeries
124 Kempsey District Hospital NSW 98% 15 days 101 surgeries
124 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 98% 5 days 89 surgeries
124 Queensland Children's Hospital QLD 98% 7 days 1966 surgeries
124 St George Hospital NSW NSW 98% 16 days 2137 surgeries
124 Toowoomba Hospital QLD 98% 19 days 2159 surgeries
124 Wyong Hospital NSW 98% 17 days 455 surgeries
124 Young Hospital NSW 98% 14 days 49 surgeries
134 Bathurst Base Hospital NSW 97% 16 days 284 surgeries
134 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) WA 97% 12 days 1030 surgeries
134 Lyell McEwin Hospital SA 97% 18 days 1287 surgeries
134 Mater Adult Hospital QLD 97% 18 days 2851 surgeries
134 Roma Hospital QLD 97% 17 days 88 surgeries
139 Bunbury Hospital WA 96% 11 days 527 surgeries
139 Gosford Hospital NSW 96% 17 days 1611 surgeries
139 Katanning Hospital WA 96% 16 days 22 surgeries
139 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 96% 15 days 48 surgeries
139 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services SA 96% 9 days 128 surgeries
144 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital WA 95% 14 days 403 surgeries
144 Esperance Hospital WA 95% 14 days 63 surgeries
144 Kingaroy Hospital QLD 95% 22 days 73 surgeries
144 Mount Isa Base Hospital QLD 95% 8 days 236 surgeries
144 Murwillumbah District Hospital NSW 95% 17 days 63 surgeries
144 Narrogin Hospital WA 95% 18 days 56 surgeries
144 St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA 95% 9 days 658 surgeries
144 Stanthorpe Hospital QLD 95% 16 days 59 surgeries
152 Casino and District Memorial Hospital NSW 94% 14 days 86 surgeries
152 Geraldton Hospital WA 94% 10 days 932 surgeries
152 Karratha Health Campus WA 94% 10 days 109 surgeries
152 Riverland General Hospital SA 94% 13 days 196 surgeries
152 Tweed Valley Hospital NSW 94% 18 days 863 surgeries
157 Cowra Health Service NSW 93% 13 days 83 surgeries
157 Goondiwindi Hospital QLD 93% 26 days 14 surgeries
157 Grafton Base Hospital NSW 93% 22 days 426 surgeries
157 King Edward Memorial Hospital WA 93% 4 days 1599 surgeries
157 Macksville District Hospital NSW 93% 21 days 14 surgeries
157 Maryborough Hospital QLD 93% 21 days 472 surgeries
157 Modbury Hospital SA 93% 25 days 1332 surgeries
157 Noarlunga Hospital SA 93% 21 days 1735 surgeries
157 Peel Health Campus WA 93% 8 days 751 surgeries
157 The Prince Charles Hospital QLD 93% 15 days 1519 surgeries
157 Warwick Hospital QLD 93% 14 days 74 surgeries
168 Caboolture Hospital QLD 92% 21 days 836 surgeries
168 Gladstone Hospital QLD 92% 26 days 660 surgeries
168 Kalgoorlie Health Campus WA 92% 14 days 108 surgeries
168 Logan Hospital QLD 92% 19 days 970 surgeries
168 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service SA 92% 9 days 396 surgeries
168 Perth Children's Hospital WA 92% 12 days 1123 surgeries
168 Port Lincoln Health Service SA 92% 13 days 112 surgeries
175 Angaston District Hospital SA 91% 14 days 43 surgeries
175 Broken Hill Hospital NSW 91% 19 days 79 surgeries
175 Busselton Health Campus WA 91% 9 days 330 surgeries
175 Cairns Hospital QLD 91% 15 days 3798 surgeries
175 Flinders Medical Centre SA 91% 15 days 4412 surgeries
175 Northam Hospital WA 91% 12 days 11 surgeries
181 Caloundra Hospital QLD 90% 15 days 61 surgeries
181 Derby Hospital WA 90% 3 days 31 surgeries
181 Longreach Hospital QLD 90% 7 days 39 surgeries
184 Broome Hospital WA 89% 9 days 113 surgeries
184 Dalby Hospital QLD 89% 21 days 26 surgeries
184 South Coast District Hospital SA 89% 14 days 102 surgeries
187 Alice Springs Hospital NT 88% 9 days 719 surgeries
187 Beaudesert Hospital QLD 88% 21 days 24 surgeries
187 Ipswich Hospital QLD 88% 16 days 2008 surgeries
187 Naracoorte Health Service SA 88% 16 days 77 surgeries
191 Lismore Base Hospital NSW 87% 14 days 1654 surgeries
191 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA 87% 14 days 4589 surgeries
193 Hervey Bay Hospital QLD 86% 23 days 640 surgeries
193 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital QLD 86% 20 days 6692 surgeries
193 St George Hospital Qld QLD 86% 20 days 22 surgeries
196 Gawler Health Service SA 85% 14 days 119 surgeries
196 Gympie Hospital QLD 85% 21 days 265 surgeries
196 Kununurra Hospital WA 85% 8 days 39 surgeries
199 Innisfail Hospital QLD 83% 21 days 24 surgeries
200 Bentley Health Service WA 82% 22 days 978 surgeries
200 Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service SA 82% 13 days 34 surgeries
200 Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD 82% 14 days 7803 surgeries
200 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital WA 82% 15 days 4528 surgeries
200 The Canberra Hospital ACT 82% 19 days 4115 surgeries
205 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital QLD 80% 20 days 2374 surgeries
206 Redland Hospital QLD 79% 21 days 1092 surgeries
207 Rockhampton Hospital QLD 78% 20 days 1122 surgeries
208 Fiona Stanley Hospital WA 77% 16 days 5354 surgeries
208 Gove Hospital NT 77% 7 days 34 surgeries
210 Emerald Hospital QLD 76% 20 days 58 surgeries
210 Sunshine Coast University Hospital QLD 76% 21 days 4445 surgeries
212 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA 75% 22 days 1416 surgeries
212 Nambour General Hospital QLD 75% 25 days 1411 surgeries
212 Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA 75% 27 days 93 surgeries
212 Proserpine Hospital QLD 75% 23 days 91 surgeries
212 Townsville University Hospital QLD 75% 18 days 3989 surgeries
217 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services SA 74% 19 days 339 surgeries
218 Palmerston Regional Hospital NT 72% 15 days 618 surgeries
219 Katherine Hospital NT 71% 11 days 63 surgeries
219 Redcliffe Hospital QLD 71% 24 days 1632 surgeries
221 Royal Darwin Hospital NT 69% 18 days 1295 surgeries
221 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service QLD 69% 23 days 1842 surgeries
223 Mackay Base Hospital QLD 68% 27 days 1303 surgeries
223 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital SA 68% 22 days 2672 surgeries
225 Launceston General Hospital TAS 67% 22 days 4209 surgeries
226 North Canberra Hospital ACT 66% 24 days 2811 surgeries
226 Royal Hobart Hospital TAS 66% 18 days 4475 surgeries
228 Mersey Community Hospital TAS 63% 24 days 536 surgeries
229 Royal Adelaide Hospital SA 60% 26 days 5544 surgeries
230 North West Regional Hospital TAS 57% 28 days 638 surgeries
231 Osborne Park Hospital WA 54% 28 days 1097 surgeries
232 Carnarvon Hospital WA 48% 34 days 56 surgeries
233 Charleville Hospital QLD 47% 33 days 38 surgeries
234 Rockingham General Hospital WA 42% 40 days 1042 surgeries
unranked Ayr Hospital QLD not published not published not published
unranked Batemans Bay Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Bellinger River District Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Bordertown Memorial Hospital SA not published not published not published
unranked Bourke Multi Purpose Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Bridgetown Hospital WA not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Cooktown Hospital QLD not published not published not published
unranked Coonabarabran Health Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Cootamundra Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Corowa Health Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Glen Innes Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Gunnedah Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Inverell Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Jamestown Hospital and Health Service SA not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Kapunda Hospital SA not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Loxton Hospital Complex SA not published not published not published
unranked Margaret River Hospital WA not published not published not published
unranked Merredin Hospital WA not published not published not published
unranked Narrabri Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Narrandera Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Renmark Paringa District Hospital SA not published not published not published
unranked Sunbury Day Hospital VIC not published not published not published
unranked Tumut Hospital NSW not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Waikerie Health Service SA not published not published not published
unranked Warren Hospital WA not published not published not published

By state and territory

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The other categories: Category 2 (semi-urgent) · Category 3 (non-urgent) — or start from what the urgency categories mean.