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Breast reduction waiting time at Wollongong Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Breast reduction 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
111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 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 Breast reduction, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wollongong Hospital111 daysnot published19 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)296 days20.0%160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)309 days33.2%744 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 309 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 Breast reduction by financial year at Wollongong Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wollongong Hospital 111NSW 296Australia 309
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Breast reduction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWollongong Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period178
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period216
2018–19not reported for this periodnot reported for this period250
2019–20not reported for this periodnot reported for this period326
2020–21not reported for this periodnot reported for this period347
2021–22not reported for this periodnot published301
2022–23not publishednot published365
2023–24378283325
2024–25111296309

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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