Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 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 Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in public hospitals was 17 days in 2024–25, from 1875 surgeries. 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 28 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Queensland15 days
Victoria15 days
Western Australia15 days
New South Wales20 days
South Australia20 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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	Queensland	15 days	0.0%	479 surgeries
1	Victoria	15 days	0.0%	416 surgeries
1	Western Australia	15 days	0.0%	192 surgeries
4	New South Wales	20 days	0.0%	604 surgeries
4	South Australia	20 days	0.0%	169 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	11 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	not published

How the wait has changed

Australia
QLD
VIC
WA

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	QLD (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)
2016–17	13	8	14	7
2017–18	13	7	14	9
2018–19	15	11	13	11
2019–20	14	11	13	10
2020–21	13	11	12	13
2021–22	14	10	13	15
2022–23	15	12	13	18
2023–24	16	15	14	17
2024–25	17	15	15	15

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.