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Fracture non-union - treatment of waiting times in Australia

How long public patients wait for fracture non-union - treatment of, at each public hospital and in each state — official AIHW figures, checked daily.

National median wait (public)5 days2024-07-01 – 2025-06-30

Public hospitals reporting47with a published median

As a public patientFreeunder Medicare

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Median wait by state and territory

State / territory	Median wait
NSW	2 days
Vic	4 days
WA	7 days
Qld	8 days

Shortest waits at public hospitals

The 15 public hospitals with the shortest median wait for fracture non-union - treatment of, out of 47 reporting.

Hospital	State	Local health network	Median wait	Operations in the year
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	NSW	St Vincent's Health Network	1 days	193
Concord Repatriation Hospital	NSW	Sydney	1 days	184
Lismore Base Hospital	NSW	Northern NSW	1 days	54
Sydney Children's Hospital	NSW	Sydney Children's Hospitals Network	2 days	44
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	NSW	Sydney	2 days	60
Prince of Wales Hospital	NSW	South Eastern Sydney	2 days	17
Nepean Hospital	NSW	Nepean Blue Mountains	2 days	122
Geraldton Hospital	WA	WA Country Health Service	2 days	38
Palmerston Regional Hospital	NT	NT Regional Health Services (NTRHS)	2 days	25
Wollongong Hospital	NSW	Illawarra Shoalhaven	3 days	215
John Hunter Hospital	NSW	Hunter New England	3 days	236
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	Vic	Austin Health (Vic)	3 days	163
Sunshine Hospital	Vic	Western Health (Vic)	3 days	13
Royal Darwin Hospital	NT	NT Regional Health Services (NTRHS)	3 days	63
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	Vic	Austin Health (Vic)	4 days	113

Common questions

How long is the public waiting list for fracture non-union - treatment of in Australia?

Half of patients admitted from public hospital waiting lists for fracture non-union - treatment of waited 5 days or less (national median, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30). By state it ranged from 2 days (NSW) to 8 days (Qld).

Can I avoid the wait?

As a private patient you choose your surgeon and usually wait less, but you pay fees, partly covered by Medicare and any private health insurance. Private hospitals don't publish waiting times.

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) — MyHospitals, elective surgery waiting times, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30. All data sources.

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