Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in Australian public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25 — from 9 days at Peel Health Campus to 346 days at Blue Mountains Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25, from 4989 surgeries. 2.4% of people waited more than 365 days. 100 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 40 days | 0.9% | 1824 surgeries |
| 2 | Western Australia | 57 days | 1.3% | 457 surgeries |
| 3 | Queensland | 59 days | 1.6% | 1130 surgeries |
| 4 | New South Wales | 71 days | 5.3% | 1262 surgeries |
| 5 | South Australia | 89 days | 4.1% | 246 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 30 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 40 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- WA
- QLD
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | WA (days) | QLD (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 41 | 33 | 36 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 33 | 35 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 36 | 42 | 55 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 37 | 43 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 65 | 48 | 57 |
| 2021–22 | 63 | 59 | 55 | 61 |
| 2022–23 | 69 | 77 | 46 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 57 | 54 | 45 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 56 | 40 | 57 | 59 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in a public hospital?
The national median was 56 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 40 days in Victoria to 89 days in South Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy?
Of the 100 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Peel Health Campus reported the shortest (9 days) and Blue Mountains Hospital the longest (346 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
2.4% of people who had salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy in Australian public hospitals was 56 days in 2024–25, from 9 days at Peel Health Campus to 346 days at Blue Mountains Hospital.
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SurgeryWaits, "Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy.svg" width="720" height="318" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.