WaitFinder

Dialysis access surgery waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Dialysis access surgery, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Dialysis access surgery in public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25, from 5765 surgeries. 0.3% of people waited more than 365 days. 75 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.

Dialysis access surgery in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 New South Wales 10 days 0.3% 1797 surgeries
2 Western Australia 12 days 0.1% 1390 surgeries
3 Northern Territory 19 days 1.0% 194 surgeries
4 Queensland 20 days 0.4% 1114 surgeries
4 Victoria 20 days 0.4% 944 surgeries
6 South Australia 22 days 0.3% 315 surgeries
unranked Australian Capital Territory not published not published 11 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Dialysis access surgery by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 15NSW 10WA 12NT 19
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Median wait in days for Dialysis access surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)NSW (days)WA (days)NT (days)
2016–171288not published
2017–18138813
2018–1914101012
2019–201410811
2020–21139818
2021–22139822
2022–2315101124
2023–2416111318
2024–2515101219

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.