Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy waiting times in New South Wales

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

56 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in 2024–25. The state median was 19 days; the national median was 17 days.

17 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Wollongong Hospital12 days
Bathurst Base Hospital13 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital13 days
Northern Beaches Hospital13 days
Royal North Shore Hospital13 days
Belmont Hospital14 days
Bowral Hospital14 days
Goulburn Base Hospital14 days
Orange Health Service14 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital14 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital15 days
Fairfield Hospital15 days
Griffith Base Hospital15 days
Maitland Hospital16 days
Tweed Valley Hospital17 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital18 days
Cowra Health Service18 days
Dubbo Hospital18 days
Royal Hospital for Women18 days
Tamworth Hospital18 days
St George Hospital NSW19 days
Cessnock Hospital20 days
Mount Druitt Hospital20 days
Shoalhaven Hospital20 days
South East Regional Hospital20 days
Wyong Hospital20 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle21 days
Hawkesbury Hospital21 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital21 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]21 days
Gosford Hospital22 days
Manning Hospital22 days
Westmead Hospital22 days
Liverpool Hospital23 days
Nepean Hospital23 days
Campbelltown Hospital25 days
Lismore Base Hospital25 days
Shellharbour Hospital27 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital47 days
Auburn Hospitalnot published
Ballina District Hospitalnot published
Blacktown Hospitalnot published
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Canterbury Hospitalnot published
Casino and District Memorial Hospitalnot published
Deniliquin Hospitalnot published
Grafton Base Hospitalnot published
Kempsey District Hospitalnot published
Lachlan Health Service - Forbesnot published
Moruya Hospitalnot published
Mudgee Health Servicenot published
Murwillumbah District Hospitalnot published
Prince of Wales Hospitalnot published
Ryde Hospitalnot published
Sutherland Hospitalnot published
Wauchope District Memorial Hospitalnot published

Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Wollongong Hospital	12 days	0.0%	120 surgeries
2	Bathurst Base Hospital	13 days	not published	25 surgeries
2	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	13 days	not published	49 surgeries
2	Northern Beaches Hospital	13 days	not published	18 surgeries
2	Royal North Shore Hospital	13 days	0.0%	122 surgeries
6	Belmont Hospital	14 days	0.0%	70 surgeries
6	Bowral Hospital	14 days	not published	13 surgeries
6	Goulburn Base Hospital	14 days	not published	15 surgeries
6	Orange Health Service	14 days	not published	47 surgeries
6	Wagga Wagga Hospital	14 days	0.0%	93 surgeries
11	Concord Repatriation Hospital	15 days	0.0%	61 surgeries
11	Fairfield Hospital	15 days	not published	19 surgeries
11	Griffith Base Hospital	15 days	not published	10 surgeries
14	Maitland Hospital	16 days	0.0%	55 surgeries
15	Tweed Valley Hospital	17 days	0.0%	51 surgeries
16	Coffs Harbour Hospital	18 days	0.0%	88 surgeries
16	Cowra Health Service	18 days	not published	12 surgeries
16	Dubbo Hospital	18 days	not published	42 surgeries
16	Royal Hospital for Women	18 days	0.0%	76 surgeries
16	Tamworth Hospital	18 days	0.0%	93 surgeries
21	St George Hospital NSW	19 days	0.0%	209 surgeries
22	Cessnock Hospital	20 days	not published	22 surgeries
22	Mount Druitt Hospital	20 days	0.0%	187 surgeries
22	Shoalhaven Hospital	20 days	not published	37 surgeries
22	South East Regional Hospital	20 days	not published	47 surgeries
22	Wyong Hospital	20 days	not published	33 surgeries
27	Calvary Mater Newcastle	21 days	0.0%	180 surgeries
27	Hawkesbury Hospital	21 days	not published	30 surgeries
27	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	21 days	0.0%	60 surgeries
27	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	21 days	not published	17 surgeries
31	Gosford Hospital	22 days	0.0%	169 surgeries
31	Manning Hospital	22 days	not published	10 surgeries
31	Westmead Hospital	22 days	0.0%	232 surgeries
34	Liverpool Hospital	23 days	not published	29 surgeries
34	Nepean Hospital	23 days	1.2%	162 surgeries
36	Campbelltown Hospital	25 days	not published	45 surgeries
36	Lismore Base Hospital	25 days	0.0%	81 surgeries
38	Shellharbour Hospital	27 days	0.0%	60 surgeries
39	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	47 days	not published	34 surgeries
unranked	Auburn Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Ballina District Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Blacktown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Canterbury Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Casino and District Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Deniliquin Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Grafton Base Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kempsey District Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Lachlan Health Service - Forbes	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Moruya Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Mudgee Health Service	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Murwillumbah District Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Prince of Wales Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Ryde Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sutherland Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Wauchope District Memorial Hospital	not published	not published	not published

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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