Prince of Wales Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Prince of Wales Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 15 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 20 days | 83 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 28 days | 490 surgeries | 1.2% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 40 days | 125 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 50 days | 106 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 95 days | 171 surgeries | 6.4% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 134 days | 84 surgeries | 26.2% |
| Total hip replacement | 144 days | 136 surgeries | 15.4% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 272 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy | 307 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 348 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 358 days | 166 surgeries | 39.2% |
| Septoplasty | 361 days | 62 surgeries | 43.5% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 362 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 13 days | 99% | 1755 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 51 days | 86% | 2146 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 307 days | 74% | 1562 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.