Planned surgery waiting times by surgery

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

These are the planned-surgery types the national collection reports for every period it covers. Pick one to see the national picture, the state-by-state comparison and the hospitals that publish a waiting time for it.

• Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)

  143 public hospitals report it.

• Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)

  199 public hospitals report it.

• Coronary artery bypass grafting

  27 public hospitals report it.

• Cystoscopy

  156 public hospitals report it.

• Haemorrhoidectomy

  204 public hospitals report it.

• Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)

  164 public hospitals report it.

• Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy

  217 public hospitals report it.

• Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty

  115 public hospitals report it.

• Myringotomy

  129 public hospitals report it.

• Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)

  117 public hospitals report it.

• Septoplasty

  120 public hospitals report it.

• Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)

  133 public hospitals report it.

• Total hip replacement

  134 public hospitals report it.

• Total knee replacement

  134 public hospitals report it.

• Varicose veins treatment

  101 public hospitals report it.

How these figures are put together