Hysterectomy waiting times in Australian public hospitals

The national median wait for hysterectomy in Australian public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25 — from 8 days at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to 389 days at Albany Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)”.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for hysterectomy in public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25, from 9163 surgeries. 7.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 126 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

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State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Victoria50 days
Western Australia64 days
Tasmania77 days
South Australia80 days
Queensland84 days
New South Wales99 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published

Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) 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	Victoria	50 days	2.7%	2957 surgeries
2	Western Australia	64 days	5.3%	1043 surgeries
3	Tasmania	77 days	6.7%	298 surgeries
4	South Australia	80 days	9.3%	819 surgeries
5	Queensland	84 days	8.3%	904 surgeries
6	New South Wales	99 days	12.2%	2971 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	80 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	91 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
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Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	TAS (days)
2011–12	53	57	39	53
2012–13	53	60	35	70
2013–14	52	63	33	71
2014–15	55	51	38	86
2015–16	52	48	36	110
2016–17	55	44	43	77
2017–18	57	45	48	62
2018–19	61	49	51	134
2019–20	63	48	52	164
2020–21	80	70	73	121
2021–22	74	50	69	174
2022–23	84	78	59	98
2023–24	77	66	56	65
2024–25	74	50	64	77

Common questions

How long is the wait for hysterectomy in a public hospital?

The national median was 74 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 50 days in Victoria to 99 days in New South Wales.

Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hysterectomy?

Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre reported the shortest (8 days) and Albany Hospital the longest (389 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.

How many people waited more than a year?

7.4% of people who had hysterectomy in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.

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.