Scar revision waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for scar revision in Australian public hospitals was 83 days in 2024–25 — from 5 days at The Alfred to 281 days at Liverpool Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for scar revision in public hospitals was 83 days in 2024–25, from 1239 surgeries. 9.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 29 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 | 50 days | 9.1% | 364 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 62 days | 5.3% | 340 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 131 days | 7.6% | 288 surgeries |
| 4 | Western Australia | 155 days | 20.1% | 164 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 74 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 65 | 58 | 65 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 74 | 69 | 63 |
| 2018–19 | 73 | 80 | 64 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 83 | 108 | 83 | 90 |
| 2020–21 | 84 | 177 | 75 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | 121 | not published | 101 | 159 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 178 | 150 | 88 |
| 2023–24 | 103 | 83 | 106 | 104 |
| 2024–25 | 83 | 50 | 62 | 131 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for scar revision in a public hospital?
The national median was 83 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 50 days in Victoria to 155 days in Western Australia.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for scar revision?
Of the 29 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, The Alfred reported the shortest (5 days) and Liverpool Hospital the longest (281 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
9.5% of people who had scar revision in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
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The national median wait for scar revision in Australian public hospitals was 83 days in 2024–25, from 5 days at The Alfred to 281 days at Liverpool Hospital.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "Scar revision waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/scar-revision/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/scar-revision/), 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/scar-revision.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Scar revision 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.