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Heart valve replacement waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Heart valve replacement, 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 Heart valve replacement in public hospitals was 33 days in 2024–25, from 2205 surgeries. 0.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 25 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Heart valve replacement 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 22 days 0.0% 574 surgeries
2 Victoria 26 days 1.2% 676 surgeries
3 Queensland 34 days 1.6% 434 surgeries
4 South Australia 39 days 0.8% 236 surgeries
5 Western Australia 63 days 0.7% 267 surgeries
unranked Australian Capital Territory not published not published 18 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Heart valve replacement by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 33NSW 22VIC 26QLD 34
  • Australia
  • NSW
  • VIC
  • QLD
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Median wait in days for Heart valve replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)NSW (days)VIC (days)QLD (days)
2016–1725352618
2017–1829373620
2018–1928372723
2019–2026352526
2020–2127282530
2021–2228342531
2022–2329212736
2023–2430212939
2024–2533222634

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.