Surgery lists balloon as hospitals plead for resources

Surgery lists balloon as hospitals plead for resources

Author: AAP

Published: 11-06-2025

Patients are waiting longer for elective surgery despite more procedures taking place as health workers demand more resources to tackle the growing crisis.

The latest quarterly performance report from the NSW Bureau of Health Information on Wednesday show more than 100,000 people are on the waitlist, up seven per cent from a year earlier.

That was despite 3.6 per cent more surgeries taking place in the March quarter, compared to the same quarter last year.

Crucially, those waiting longer than critically recommended jumped a whopping 151 per cent over the year to 8857.

The overall waitlist is just shy of the all-time peak, reached after widespread cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Reducing the waitlist after the pandemic only occurred with major extra resources, general surgeon and Australian Medical Association NSW vice president Fred Betros said.

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