Surgery Waits

Breast reconstruction waiting time at Mount Druitt Hospital

The median wait for breast reconstruction at this public hospital in the Rooty Hill area of New South Wales was 93 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
93 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
28 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 34 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 89 days in 2023–24 to 93 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median fell from 149 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 35 km away, at 13 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Breast reconstruction, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mount Druitt Hospital93 daysnot published28 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)194 days16.5%272 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)146 days25.7%1192 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 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 breast reconstruction by financial year at Mount Druitt Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mount Druitt Hospital 93NSW 194Australia 146
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Breast reconstruction, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMount Druitt Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period96
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period118
2018–19not reported for this periodnot reported for this period111
2019–20not reported for this periodnot reported for this period137
2020–21not reported for this periodnot reported for this period113
2021–22not publishednot published103
2022–23not published136154
2023–2489127149
2024–2593194146

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

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