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Mastectomy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Mastectomy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait
21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
4.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St George Hospital NSW21 days4.7%64 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)21 days1.8%1183 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days1.9%4551 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Mastectomy by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St George Hospital NSW 21NSW 21Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17151616
2017–18151816
2018–19172017
2019–20161817
2020–21172118
2021–22151917
2022–23162017
2023–24152119
2024–25212119

What is not here

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

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