Surgery Waits

Mastectomy waiting time at Fairfield Hospital

The median wait for mastectomy at this public hospital in the Prairiewood area of New South Wales was 20 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
26 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 12 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Druitt Hospital, about 13 km away, at 15 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Fairfield Hospital20 daysnot published26 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)21 days1.8%1183 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days1.9%4551 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for mastectomy by financial year at Fairfield Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Fairfield Hospital 20NSW 21Australia 19
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Median wait in days for Mastectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodFairfield Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17121616
2017–18141816
2018–19142017
2019–20191817
2020–21252118
2021–22231917
2022–23202017
2023–24202119
2024–25202119

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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