Elective surgery dashboard

Figure 1: Number of admissions from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by quarter, 2016–2025

Quarter	Category 1 (within 30 days)	Category 2 (within 90 days)	Category 3 (within 365 days)
Sep 2016	53,650	72,884	66,044
Dec 2016	52,560	69,478	60,519
Mar 2017	48,666	67,822	60,596
Jun 2017	53,854	73,978	68,040
Sep 2017	52,416	72,506	66,134
Dec 2017	52,063	70,121	61,093
Mar 2018	48,051	68,362	60,784
Jun 2018	53,707	75,058	68,483
Sep 2018	54,506	74,272	66,392
Dec 2018	53,673	71,690	61,061
Mar 2019	48,953	70,194	62,409
Jun 2019	53,541	73,557	67,888
Sep 2019	56,040	74,608	68,315
Dec 2019	55,729	70,712	62,200
Mar 2020	50,984	67,551	56,866
Jun 2020	52,654	49,764	22,879
Sep 2020	59,805	63,831	60,647
Dec 2020	58,979	70,409	60,117
Mar 2021	55,218	69,893	60,250
Jun 2021	59,605	73,117	62,729
Sep 2021	59,011	68,560	47,556
Dec 2021	57,850	56,860	40,799
Mar 2022	53,791	43,112	28,674
Jun 2022	57,866	60,654	48,255
Sep 2022	61,698	66,578	52,964
Dec 2022	59,660	67,256	52,079
Mar 2023	57,653	70,898	53,775
Jun 2023	60,825	73,821	58,253
Sep 2023	63,538	76,228	59,695
Dec 2023	63,132	74,593	55,402
Mar 2024	59,113	72,165	52,748
Jun 2024	64,366	76,657	60,829
Sep 2024	65,467	76,496	57,556
Dec 2024	64,684	74,824	52,337
Mar 2025	59,446	76,057	53,030
Jun 2025	65,662	80,770	64,199

Source: AIHW National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection.

Figure 2: Median wait time (days) for admission from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by intended procedure, by quarter, 2016–2025

Quarter	Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)	Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)	Coronary artery bypass grafting	Cystoscopy	Haemorrhoidectomy	Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)	Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy	Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty	Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)	Septoplasty	Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)	Total hip replacement	Total knee replacement	Varicose veins treatment	Total
Sep 2016	85	41	12	22	48	53	49	166	39	231	91	111	185	88	36
Dec 2016	79	39	12	23	46	51	49	128	39	196	84	98	194	77	35
Mar 2017	91	44	14	25	60	59	58	159	43	174	107	106	191	110	41
Jun 2017	87	42	14	24	48	57	54	225	44	233	108	123	203	90	39
Sep 2017	78	42	17	24	41	57	49	170	44	243	105	111	183	87	37
Dec 2017	85	42	19	24	45	53	52	171	42	208	101	115	187	94	38
Mar 2018	97	49	19	25	58	61	64	210	51	262	132	130	209	102	45
Jun 2018	91	48	16	23	49	57	59	241	48	269	150	124	209	126	41
Sep 2018	77	42	15	23	37	57	52	177	41	244	131	115	195	83	37
Dec 2018	79	41	15	24	45	56	56	182	42	227	111	117	196	98	37
Mar 2019	92	53	18	25	63	64	68	220	49	236	132	124	220	133	45
Jun 2019	85	47	19	24	52	63	63	234	49	248	128	120	221	124	42
Sep 2019	83	48	18	23	53	64	59	227	42	283	115	119	218	112	40
Dec 2019	90	48	19	23	53	68	63	174	47	265	122	120	212	99	40
Mar 2020	102	56	21	25	68	69	77	249	54	274	143	125	236	153	46
Jun 2020	135	39	14	21	56	38	73	212	35	331	154	117	227	224	27
Sep 2020	264	49	14	25	57	77	70	317	46	348	290	179	321	225	43
Dec 2020	147	55	16	26	70	75	75	318	52	349	264	170	319	244	47
Mar 2021	159	66	21	27	77	85	82	278	63	329	248	185	311	230	54
Jun 2021	138	56	23	27	76	83	75	255	54	297	218	179	289	204	48
Sep 2021	106	52	22	25	73	69	71	242	49	290	117	133	265	145	42
Dec 2021	142	50	20	24	60	70	68	206	48	293	134	134	285	185	36
Mar 2022	188	52	15	23	82	59	88	242	36	311	155	143	288	248	32
Jun 2022	212	57	18	26	97	95	90	318	54	356	241	189	335	299	48
Sep 2022	165	63	17	26	99	82	82	306	55	363	247	173	321	249	46
Dec 2022	122	62	19	25	87	85	83	245	57	365	165	181	335	200	48
Mar 2023	123	63	21	26	101	86	85	279	62	365	149	176	301	211	54
Jun 2023	130	50	21	26	76	82	75	302	69	365	163	175	286	204	49
Sep 2023	126	45	21	25	71	75	69	307	61	355	162	144	283	172	46
Dec 2023	113	47	20	25	60	76	64	276	55	349	167	140	259	193	44
Mar 2024	117	47	19	25	78	80	79	237	57	327	191	131	244	188	49
Jun 2024	121	44	17	24	59	77	68	252	57	307	206	127	264	196	45
Sep 2024	97	44	18	24	59	70	65	246	49	321	188	120	247	155	42
Dec 2024	97	48	19	26	59	72	68	266	52	297	148	119	234	143	42
Mar 2025	119	55	20	26	76	78	83	250	65	321	177	140	251	128	51
Jun 2025	114	47	18	27	60	74	75	311	56	331	210	142	281	104	48

Source: AIHW National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection.

Figure 3: Median wait time (days) for admission from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by surgical specialty, by quarter, 2016–2025

Quarter	Cardio-thoracic surgery	Otolaryngology, head and neck surgery	General surgery	Gynaecology surgery	Neurosurgery	Ophthalmology surgery	Orthopaedic surgery	Plastic and reconstructive surgery	Urological surgery	Vascular surgery	Other	Paediatric surgery	All surgeries
Sep 2016	16	66	29	31	34	72	64	26	25	20	23	39	36
Dec 2016	15	63	28	30	32	68	65	26	25	21	20	37	35
Mar 2017	18	78	32	35	43	78	74	28	26	22	22	49	41
Jun 2017	17	75	30	34	39	75	72	27	26	22	24	41	39
Sep 2017	18	74	29	34	34	68	68	26	26	21	21	39	37
Dec 2017	19	77	29	33	34	70	70	26	26	21	23	40	38
Mar 2018	20	90	34	38	42	83	82	27	28	25	24	54	45
Jun 2018	19	87	32	36	36	75	74	27	26	25	24	40	41
Sep 2018	18	84	29	35	35	67	74	24	25	21	22	40	37
Dec 2018	17	77	28	34	34	69	74	26	26	21	22	36	37
Mar 2019	20	90	36	43	47	81	84	28	27	24	25	49	45
Jun 2019	20	83	33	40	39	76	77	27	27	24	24	48	42
Sep 2019	19	78	31	36	35	72	75	27	25	22	24	39	40
Dec 2019	19	77	32	40	35	77	74	23	25	22	23	48	40
Mar 2020	21	89	37	44	45	86	82	26	27	25	24	57	46
Jun 2020	15	90	23	26	23	103	70	17	22	16	15	33	27
Sep 2020	15	145	32	39	27	179	103	22	27	21	22	56	43
Dec 2020	18	112	35	44	35	105	88	23	27	21	26	61	47
Mar 2021	19	108	42	51	49	113	98	25	29	23	28	64	54
Jun 2021	21	95	36	45	42	99	88	26	28	25	28	56	48
Sep 2021	20	74	32	42	31	84	80	25	27	22	28	39	42
Dec 2021	18	73	29	35	26	93	81	21	25	19	23	29	36
Mar 2022	16	88	27	29	23	121	83	20	24	18	19	52	32
Jun 2022	19	119	36	43	34	163	101	22	27	21	22	56	48
Sep 2022	18	111	36	42	34	117	91	24	27	21	26	57	46
Dec 2022	19	94	38	42	47	96	101	24	27	23	25	55	48
Mar 2023	22	106	43	44	53	105	109	26	28	26	26	63	54
Jun 2023	20	105	38	40	46	105	104	27	28	26	23	56	49
Sep 2023	20	109	35	38	45	99	91	27	28	25	23	54	46
Dec 2023	21	103	32	37	37	94	89	25	27	25	22	49	44
Mar 2024	20	114	36	43	47	101	92	25	28	28	25	52	49
Jun 2024	21	118	32	38	36	101	87	25	28	27	25	46	45
Sep 2024	20	97	32	36	35	84	82	24	27	24	26	42	42
Dec 2024	20	86	33	36	32	85	81	24	27	23	24	43	42
Mar 2025	23	106	40	40	45	101	92	27	29	28	26	54	51
Jun 2025	21	113	35	36	40	98	89	26	29	25	22	45	48

Source: AIHW National Elective Surgery Waiting Times Data Collection.

Elective surgery dashboard

Figure 1: Number of admissions from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by quarter, 2016–2025

Figure 2: Median wait time (days) for admission from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by intended procedure, by quarter, 2016–2025

Figure 3: Median wait time (days) for admission from public hospital elective surgery waiting lists, by surgical specialty, by quarter, 2016–2025

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