Carotid endarterectomy waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
The median wait for carotid endarterectomy at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 48 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
- 48 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2018–19 to 48 days in 2024–25 — up 92% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 20 km away, at 16 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 48 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 23 days | 0.3% | 355 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.6% | 702 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 11 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 20 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 21 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 17 | 23 | 20 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 21 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 10 | 23 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 21 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 23 | 20 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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