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Elective surgery

Elective surgery is planned and can be booked in advance. Following specialist clinical assessment, patients are placed on a waiting list and given a clinical priority – urgent, semi-urgent or non-urgent – depending on the seriousness of their condition.

BHI reports on elective surgery activity and performance, including surgery numbers and whether patients receive their procedures on time.

Explore key findings from recent BHI reports and information products relevant to elective surgery below.

Healthcare Quarterly results

Oct–Dec 2023 NSW

Selected NSW-level results showing elective surgery activity and performance for more than 200 public hospitals, from our latest Healthcare Quarterly report.

Click 'Read latest report' to access all data since 2010 in the Data Portal and Activity and performance profiles, and access all previous reports in this report series.

The latest release includes individual results for the state’s 77 larger public hospitals.

Released: 13 March 2024

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Elective surgeries performed

compared with same quarter previous year
Elective surgeries performed on time

compared with same quarter previous year
Patients waiting longer than recommended for elective surgery at end of quarter

compared with same quarter previous year
Patients on the elective surgery waiting list at end of quarter

compared with same quarter previous year

Patients’ experiences of elective surgery care

Aug–Oct 2022 NSW

To gain insights into patients’ experiences of elective, or planned, surgery care, BHI introduced a module into the Adult Admitted Patient Survey for people who had elective surgery in one of 63 NSW public hospitals between August and October 2022. This short-form report highlights key NSW-level insights from BHI’s analyses of the experiences of 1,157 patients who responded.

Released: 25 October 2023

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Healthcare in Focus – New South Wales and the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022

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Released: 3 May 2023

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Healthcare in Focus – New South Wales and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021

This report provides insights into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public healthcare system in NSW during 2021, examining patterns of activity and performance throughout the year.

Released: 16 March 2022

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Healthcare in Focus – New South Wales and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

This report provides insights into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the public healthcare system in NSW during 2020, examining patterns of activity and performance throughout the year.

Released: 17 March 2021

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