Surgery Waits

Category 3 (non-urgent) surgery waiting times

Of the 246 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 100% at Bass Coast Health down to 33% at Gladstone Hospital.

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

Category 3 (non-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 365 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing minimal pain, dysfunction or disability, and unlikely to deteriorate quickly. 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 non-urgent patients treated within 365 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 3 (non-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 Bass Coast Health VIC 100% 31 days 922 surgeries
1 Beaudesert Hospital QLD 100% 33 days 11 surgeries
1 Bridgetown Hospital WA 100% 56 days 13 surgeries
1 Casino and District Memorial Hospital NSW 100% 95 days 232 surgeries
1 Ceduna District Health Service SA 100% 14 days 51 surgeries
1 Collie Hospital WA 100% 87 days 10 surgeries
1 Concord Repatriation Hospital NSW 100% 104 days 3409 surgeries
1 Cooktown Hospital QLD 100% 13 days 22 surgeries
1 Cooma Hospital and Health Service NSW 100% 84 days 161 surgeries
1 Cootamundra Hospital NSW 100% 150 days 16 surgeries
1 Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital NSW 100% 168 days 543 surgeries
1 Goondiwindi Hospital QLD 100% 112 days 15 surgeries
1 Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health VIC 100% 42 days 41 surgeries
1 Jamestown Hospital and Health Service SA 100% 21 days 45 surgeries
1 Kangaroo Island Health Service SA 100% 11 days 19 surgeries
1 Karratha Health Campus WA 100% 70 days 172 surgeries
1 Mareeba Hospital QLD 100% 290 days 52 surgeries
1 Margaret River Hospital WA 100% 36 days 28 surgeries
1 Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service SA 100% 33 days 30 surgeries
1 Moruya Hospital NSW 100% 118 days 243 surgeries
1 Muswellbrook Hospital NSW 100% 74 days 167 surgeries
1 Narrabri Hospital NSW 100% 58 days 62 surgeries
1 Northam Hospital WA 100% 29 days 230 surgeries
1 Northern Beaches Hospital NSW 100% 316 days 1028 surgeries
1 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services SA 100% 121 days 370 surgeries
1 Port Lincoln Health Service SA 100% 17 days 587 surgeries
1 Queanbeyan Hospital NSW 100% 71 days 301 surgeries
1 Renmark Paringa District Hospital SA 100% 30 days 26 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital NSW 100% 52 days 3221 surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics NSW 100% 57 days 1505 surgeries
1 Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone NSW 100% 49 days 21 surgeries
1 Singleton Hospital NSW 100% 65 days 158 surgeries
1 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] VIC 100% 107 days 73 surgeries
1 Sunbury Day Hospital VIC 100% 174 days 719 surgeries
1 The Kilmore & District Hospital VIC 100% 34 days 17 surgeries
1 Thursday Island Hospital QLD 100% 2 days 110 surgeries
1 Waikerie Health Service SA 100% 21 days 11 surgeries
1 Warwick Hospital QLD 100% 56 days 20 surgeries
1 Weipa Hospital QLD 100% 5 days 127 surgeries
40 Angaston District Hospital SA 99% 53 days 433 surgeries
40 Ballina District Hospital NSW 99% 199 days 311 surgeries
40 Broadmeadows Health Service VIC 99% 105 days 1585 surgeries
40 Caloundra Hospital QLD 99% 162 days 396 surgeries
40 Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre VIC 99% 146 days 2293 surgeries
40 Esperance Hospital WA 99% 106 days 443 surgeries
40 Goulburn Base Hospital NSW 99% 225 days 797 surgeries
40 Griffith Base Hospital NSW 99% 168 days 215 surgeries
40 Kalgoorlie Health Campus WA 99% 210 days 327 surgeries
40 Kempsey District Hospital NSW 99% 244 days 936 surgeries
40 Lithgow Hospital NSW 99% 264 days 316 surgeries
40 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 99% 204 days 878 surgeries
40 Mount Druitt Hospital NSW 99% 332 days 1257 surgeries
40 Narrogin Hospital WA 99% 95 days 220 surgeries
40 Sandringham Monash VIC 99% 224 days 108 surgeries
40 South East Regional Hospital NSW 99% 286 days 887 surgeries
40 Yarra Ranges Health VIC 99% 121 days 1214 surgeries
57 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital WA 98% 130 days 1527 surgeries
57 Atherton Hospital QLD 98% 90 days 105 surgeries
57 Canterbury Hospital NSW 98% 265 days 1749 surgeries
57 Kingaroy Hospital QLD 98% 254 days 44 surgeries
57 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital SA 98% 77 days 341 surgeries
57 Peel Health Campus WA 98% 28 days 228 surgeries
57 The Alfred VIC 98% 62 days 2531 surgeries
57 The Northern Hospital [Epping] VIC 98% 65 days 1844 surgeries
57 The Prince Charles Hospital QLD 98% 147 days 1622 surgeries
57 University Hospital Geelong VIC 98% 56 days 3189 surgeries
57 Warren Hospital WA 98% 78 days 62 surgeries
68 Clare Hospital SA 97% 30 days 398 surgeries
68 Frankston Public Surgical Centre VIC 97% 63 days 1105 surgeries
68 King Edward Memorial Hospital WA 97% 115 days 525 surgeries
68 Longreach Hospital QLD 97% 173 days 170 surgeries
68 Mater Mothers' Hospital QLD 97% 204 days 382 surgeries
68 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service SA 97% 216 days 996 surgeries
68 Redland Hospital QLD 97% 118 days 888 surgeries
68 Ryde Hospital NSW 97% 290 days 521 surgeries
68 St Vincent's On the Park VIC 97% 46 days 465 surgeries
77 Bentley Health Service WA 96% 98 days 2423 surgeries
77 Busselton Health Campus WA 96% 115 days 2732 surgeries
77 Hedland Health Campus WA 96% 147 days 164 surgeries
77 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) WA 96% 75 days 4708 surgeries
77 Merredin Hospital WA 96% 108 days 28 surgeries
77 Roma Hospital QLD 96% 144 days 577 surgeries
77 Royal Hospital for Women NSW 96% 86 days 929 surgeries
77 Sandringham Hospital VIC 96% 99 days 465 surgeries
77 South Coast District Hospital SA 96% 18 days 950 surgeries
77 Temora Hospital NSW 96% 123 days 24 surgeries
77 Whyalla Hospital and Health Services SA 96% 203 days 410 surgeries
77 Young Hospital NSW 96% 197 days 111 surgeries
89 Angliss Hospital VIC 95% 133 days 262 surgeries
89 Gympie Hospital QLD 95% 154 days 183 surgeries
89 Innisfail Hospital QLD 95% 334 days 100 surgeries
89 Katherine Hospital NT 95% 87 days 106 surgeries
89 Lachlan Health Service - Forbes NSW 95% 226 days 252 surgeries
89 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] NSW 95% 186 days 736 surgeries
89 Wauchope District Memorial Hospital NSW 95% 149 days 243 surgeries
96 Bourke Multi Purpose Service NSW 94% 291 days 117 surgeries
96 Calvary Mater Newcastle NSW 94% 157 days 295 surgeries
96 Geraldton Hospital WA 94% 121 days 1374 surgeries
96 Mount Isa Base Hospital QLD 94% 78 days 157 surgeries
96 St George Hospital Qld QLD 94% 60 days 17 surgeries
96 Stanthorpe Hospital QLD 94% 342 days 16 surgeries
96 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] VIC 94% 86 days 1069 surgeries
103 Blue Mountains Hospital NSW 93% 293 days 872 surgeries
103 Cessnock Hospital NSW 93% 189 days 328 surgeries
103 Derby Hospital WA 93% 118 days 121 surgeries
103 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital NSW 93% 273 days 1029 surgeries
103 Maryborough Hospital QLD 93% 227 days 162 surgeries
103 Northeast Health Wangaratta VIC 93% 99 days 954 surgeries
103 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital QLD 93% 279 days 1327 surgeries
103 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] VIC 93% 127 days 822 surgeries
111 Mudgee Health Service NSW 92% 194 days 346 surgeries
111 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service QLD 92% 231 days 3312 surgeries
113 Auburn Hospital NSW 91% 304 days 1560 surgeries
113 Blacktown Hospital NSW 91% 336 days 1076 surgeries
113 Emerald Hospital QLD 91% 77 days 33 surgeries
113 Hawkesbury Hospital NSW 91% 277 days 984 surgeries
113 Robina Hospital QLD 91% 321 days 1544 surgeries
113 The Bendigo Hospital VIC 91% 154 days 1211 surgeries
119 Bundaberg Base Hospital QLD 90% 212 days 416 surgeries
119 Naracoorte Health Service SA 90% 127 days 232 surgeries
119 Riverland General Hospital SA 90% 136 days 729 surgeries
119 Williamstown Hospital VIC 90% 106 days 655 surgeries
119 Wyong Hospital NSW 90% 316 days 1847 surgeries
124 Armidale Hospital NSW 89% 328 days 521 surgeries
124 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] VIC 89% 63 days 491 surgeries
124 Kununurra Hospital WA 89% 290 days 151 surgeries
124 Lachlan Health Service - Parkes NSW 89% 204 days 189 surgeries
124 Queensland Children's Hospital QLD 89% 240 days 2510 surgeries
124 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital VIC 89% 65 days 4948 surgeries
124 Tweed Valley Hospital NSW 89% 133 days 1154 surgeries
131 Bunbury Hospital WA 88% 127 days 1001 surgeries
131 Ipswich Hospital QLD 88% 265 days 614 surgeries
131 Moree Hospital NSW 88% 270 days 133 surgeries
131 Osborne Park Hospital WA 88% 146 days 1758 surgeries
131 Royal Hobart Hospital TAS 88% 87 days 1668 surgeries
136 Bathurst Base Hospital NSW 87% 326 days 1085 surgeries
136 Deniliquin Hospital NSW 87% 204 days 37 surgeries
136 Gawler Health Service SA 87% 55 days 1007 surgeries
136 Gold Coast University Hospital QLD 87% 343 days 1834 surgeries
136 Mersey Community Hospital TAS 87% 247 days 573 surgeries
136 Princess Alexandra Hospital QLD 87% 177 days 1395 surgeries
136 St John of God Midland Public Hospital WA 87% 51 days 2370 surgeries
143 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] VIC 86% 46 days 737 surgeries
143 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre VIC 86% 94 days 593 surgeries
143 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] VIC 86% 80 days 101 surgeries
146 Cowra Health Service NSW 85% 265 days 311 surgeries
146 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] VIC 85% 111 days 286 surgeries
148 Belmont Hospital NSW 84% 267 days 1449 surgeries
148 Inverell Hospital NSW 84% 328 days 202 surgeries
148 Mater Adult Hospital QLD 84% 273 days 2295 surgeries
148 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] VIC 84% 90 days 1090 surgeries
152 Broome Hospital WA 83% 208 days 376 surgeries
152 Crystal Brook and District Hospital SA 83% 50 days 12 surgeries
152 Frankston Hospital VIC 83% 101 days 734 surgeries
152 Hervey Bay Hospital QLD 83% 334 days 223 surgeries
152 Launceston General Hospital TAS 83% 185 days 2109 surgeries
152 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] VIC 83% 141 days 508 surgeries
152 Orange Health Service NSW 83% 338 days 1574 surgeries
152 Tamworth Hospital NSW 83% 336 days 1824 surgeries
160 Broken Hill Hospital NSW 82% 224 days 483 surgeries
160 Flinders Medical Centre SA 82% 168 days 2485 surgeries
160 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] VIC 82% 59 days 2045 surgeries
160 Murwillumbah District Hospital NSW 82% 307 days 502 surgeries
160 Redcliffe Hospital QLD 82% 322 days 497 surgeries
160 Rockingham General Hospital WA 82% 193 days 744 surgeries
160 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] VIC 82% 165 days 1346 surgeries
160 The Children's Hospital at Westmead NSW 82% 189 days 2437 surgeries
168 Alice Springs Hospital NT 81% 142 days 246 surgeries
168 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] VIC 81% 112 days 2725 surgeries
168 Nambour General Hospital QLD 81% 260 days 842 surgeries
168 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 81% 131 days 511 surgeries
172 Charleville Hospital QLD 80% 362 days 10 surgeries
172 Dalby Hospital QLD 80% 285 days 30 surgeries
172 Fairfield Hospital NSW 80% 336 days 1660 surgeries
172 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] VIC 80% 122 days 1622 surgeries
176 Bowral Hospital NSW 79% 238 days 674 surgeries
176 Box Hill Hospital VIC 79% 113 days 947 surgeries
176 Casey Hospital VIC 79% 183 days 679 surgeries
176 North West Regional Hospital TAS 79% 219 days 330 surgeries
176 Sunshine Coast University Hospital QLD 79% 249 days 1759 surgeries
176 Sutherland Hospital NSW 79% 310 days 1300 surgeries
182 Campbelltown Hospital NSW 78% 340 days 2803 surgeries
183 Batemans Bay Hospital NSW 77% 276 days 233 surgeries
183 Palmerston Regional Hospital NT 77% 294 days 333 surgeries
185 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) SA 76% 140 days 310 surgeries
185 Western Hospital [Footscray] VIC 76% 204 days 212 surgeries
187 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital NSW 75% 324 days 2687 surgeries
187 Caboolture Hospital QLD 75% 340 days 153 surgeries
187 Nepean Hospital NSW 75% 319 days 2430 surgeries
187 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital WA 75% 176 days 1300 surgeries
187 Sydney Children's Hospital NSW 75% 268 days 1155 surgeries
192 Prince of Wales Hospital NSW 74% 307 days 1562 surgeries
192 Sunshine Hospital VIC 74% 157 days 1032 surgeries
194 Noarlunga Hospital SA 73% 334 days 1125 surgeries
194 North Canberra Hospital ACT 73% 238 days 2260 surgeries
194 Wollongong Hospital NSW 73% 338 days 2336 surgeries
197 Katanning Hospital WA 72% 356 days 65 surgeries
198 Albany Hospital WA 71% 335 days 969 surgeries
199 Modbury Hospital SA 70% 334 days 1036 surgeries
200 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] VIC 69% 168 days 530 surgeries
200 Gosford Hospital NSW 69% 343 days 1724 surgeries
200 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] VIC 69% 241 days 2120 surgeries
200 Wagga Wagga Hospital NSW 69% 352 days 3055 surgeries
200 Women's and Children's Hospital SA 69% 339 days 842 surgeries
205 Kurri Kurri Hospital NSW 68% 350 days 2044 surgeries
205 Werribee Mercy Hospital VIC 68% 206 days 332 surgeries
207 Logan Hospital QLD 67% 348 days 917 surgeries
207 St George Hospital NSW NSW 67% 316 days 1096 surgeries
209 Port Pirie Regional Health Service SA 65% 280 days 526 surgeries
209 Royal North Shore Hospital NSW 65% 346 days 2522 surgeries
209 Shellharbour Hospital NSW 65% 358 days 1913 surgeries
209 The Canberra Hospital ACT 65% 286 days 2230 surgeries
209 Townsville University Hospital QLD 65% 319 days 1400 surgeries
214 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] VIC 64% 305 days 2399 surgeries
214 Cairns Hospital QLD 64% 354 days 964 surgeries
214 Mercy Hospital for Women VIC 64% 260 days 414 surgeries
217 Shoalhaven Hospital NSW 63% 329 days 823 surgeries
218 Coffs Harbour Hospital NSW 62% 327 days 1996 surgeries
218 Dubbo Hospital NSW 62% 347 days 1747 surgeries
218 Grafton Base Hospital NSW 62% 353 days 1044 surgeries
218 Perth Children's Hospital WA 62% 278 days 1651 surgeries
218 Toowoomba Hospital QLD 62% 355 days 851 surgeries
223 Dandenong Hospital VIC 61% 315 days 340 surgeries
223 Royal Adelaide Hospital SA 61% 309 days 1139 surgeries
223 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus WA 61% 311 days 1273 surgeries
226 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service WA 60% 266 days 1865 surgeries
226 Manning Hospital NSW 60% 336 days 889 surgeries
226 Port Macquarie Base Hospital NSW 60% 344 days 1004 surgeries
229 Lismore Base Hospital NSW 59% 349 days 1429 surgeries
230 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre VIC 58% 259 days 170 surgeries
230 Royal Darwin Hospital NT 58% 316 days 375 surgeries
232 Liverpool Hospital NSW 57% 353 days 1700 surgeries
233 Gove Hospital NT 55% 355 days 91 surgeries
234 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital QLD 53% 364 days 1168 surgeries
235 Lyell McEwin Hospital SA 51% 365 days 595 surgeries
236 Proserpine Hospital QLD 50% 353 days 12 surgeries
237 Westmead Hospital NSW 47% 370 days 2540 surgeries
238 Maitland Hospital NSW 43% 382 days 1064 surgeries
238 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital SA 43% 393 days 1200 surgeries
240 Rockhampton Hospital QLD 42% 385 days 346 surgeries
241 Fiona Stanley Hospital WA 38% 448 days 643 surgeries
241 Mackay Base Hospital QLD 38% 390 days 229 surgeries
243 John Hunter Hospital NSW 37% 394 days 1562 surgeries
243 Macksville District Hospital NSW 37% 375 days 1256 surgeries
245 Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital NSW 35% 378 days 3638 surgeries
246 Gladstone Hospital QLD 33% 427 days 153 surgeries
unranked Ayr Hospital QLD not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Bellinger River District Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Bordertown Memorial Hospital SA not published not published not published
unranked Carnarvon Hospital WA not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Coonabarabran Health Service NSW not published not published not published
unranked Corowa Health Service NSW not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Glen Innes Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Gunnedah Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Kapunda Hospital SA not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Loxton Hospital Complex SA not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Narrandera Hospital NSW not published not published not published
unranked Tumut Hospital NSW not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Victorian Heart Hospital VIC not published not published 5 surgeries

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 1 (urgent) · Category 2 (semi-urgent) — or start from what the urgency categories mean.