Overview

• Sergas reports 193,336 people awaiting a first specialist visit, with an average 57.3-day wait that is more than 14 days shorter than a year earlier.
• The average surgical delay is two days shorter than in June 2024 yet higher than the 67.1 days recorded at the end of 2024.
• Santiago-Barbanza records the longest surgical wait at 85.7 days, with A Coruña-Cee at 75 and Vigo at 70.6.
• By specialty, otorhinolaryngology averages 96.5 days and traumatology 84.2, while dermatology and pediatric cardiac surgery show far shorter waits.
• Hospitals performed 109,746 operations in the first half of 2025, up 1.5% year on year, including 2,024 robot-assisted surgeries.