Surgery Waits

Hysterectomy waiting time at Gosford Hospital

The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Gosford area of New South Wales was 165 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
165 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
100 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
26.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 95 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 138 days in 2011–12 to 165 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 38 km away, at 76 days. Here, 26.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Gosford Hospital165 days26.0%100 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)99 days12.2%2971 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)74 days7.4%9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 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 hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) by financial year at Gosford Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Gosford Hospital 165NSW 99Australia 74
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGosford Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–121385753
2012–131776053
2013–141165552
2014–151156055
2015–16946252
2016–171776455
2017–181696657
2018–191316961
2019–202107163
2020–214279680
2021–222748174
2022–2336510184
2023–242659677
2024–251659974

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

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