Surgery Waits

Category 3 (non-urgent) waiting times in Australian Capital Territory

Of the 2 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 73% at North Canberra Hospital down to 65% at The Canberra Hospital.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Category 3 (non-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 365 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing minimal pain, dysfunction or disability, and unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks Australian Capital Territory's public hospitals by the share of non-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.

Category 3 (non-urgent) planned surgery at Australian Capital Territory public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 North Canberra Hospital 73% 238 days 2260 surgeries
2 The Canberra Hospital 65% 286 days 2230 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Compare with every state's hospitals, see Australian Capital Territory's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.