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Pectus surgery waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Pectus 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 Pectus surgery in public hospitals was 332 days in 2024–25, from 122 surgeries. 41.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 4 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 332 days marks the national median.

Pectus 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
unranked Queensland not published not published 16 surgeries
unranked South Australia not published not published 25 surgeries
unranked Victoria not published not published 52 surgeries
unranked Western Australia not published not published 29 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Pectus surgery by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 332
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Median wait in days for Pectus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)
2016–17not published
2017–18not published
2018–19not published
2019–20not published
2020–21not published
2021–22not published
2022–23not published
2023–24326
2024–25332

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.