Circumcision waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Circumcision 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: 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 45 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 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 Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Sydney Children's Hospital	70 days	not published	45 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	94 days	11.4%	1036 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.1%	3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 0 km away88 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 6 km away10 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away109 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 12 km away78 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away82 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 16 km away71 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 18 km away65 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 19 km away45 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Sydney Children's Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	80	75	60
2017–18	30	70	57
2018–19	43	73	60
2019–20	45	78	63
2020–21	68	100	85
2021–22	17	88	84
2022–23	81	97	95
2023–24	83	104	78
2024–25	70	94	80

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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