Surgery Waits

Circumcision waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital

The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the West Nowra area of New South Wales was 223 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
223 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 90 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 2016–17 to 223 days in 2024–25 — up 792% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 56 km away, at 184 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Shoalhaven Hospital223 daysnot published11 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)94 days11.4%1036 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days9.1%3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 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 circumcision by financial year at Shoalhaven Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Shoalhaven Hospital 223NSW 94Australia 80
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Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodShoalhaven Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17257560
2017–18407057
2018–19277360
2019–20707863
2020–2118610085
2021–22not published8884
2022–23not published9795
2023–24not published10478
2024–252239480

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

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