Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy, 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 Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25, from 4989 surgeries. 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 100 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 56 days marks the national median.

Victoria40 days
Western Australia57 days
Queensland59 days
New South Wales71 days
South Australia89 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published

Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy 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	40 days	0.9%	1824 surgeries
2	Western Australia	57 days	1.3%	457 surgeries
3	Queensland	59 days	1.6%	1130 surgeries
4	New South Wales	71 days	5.3%	1262 surgeries
5	South Australia	89 days	4.1%	246 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	30 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	40 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
QLD

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	41	33	36	49
2017–18	43	33	35	54
2018–19	48	36	42	55
2019–20	50	37	43	57
2020–21	64	65	48	57
2021–22	63	59	55	61
2022–23	69	77	46	60
2023–24	57	54	45	58
2024–25	56	40	57	59

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.