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The key terms used to conduct our search algorithm comprised of \u2018COVID\u2019, \u2018wait list or wait time or delay\u2019, \u2018urology\u2019, \u2018surgery\u2019 and \u2018outcomes\u2019, and generated 231 articles. Abstracts were reviewed for relevance and 40 studies selected for full\u2010text review. Society position statements and government level press release statements were identified through citation tracking and additionally included.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results\/discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The halt on elective surgical services during the pandemic was deemed necessary to curb infection rates and conserve healthcare resources. However, it resulted in extended wait times and large surgical backlogs with major downstream effects. Australia fared favourably with regards to infection rates compared to international populations consequent upon strict border control, vaccine mandates, and stringent lockdowns. However, similar trends were noted in both oncological and non\u2010oncological urology service reduction, resulting in significant concerns regarding the long\u2010term sequelae of delayed surgery and missed appointments upon patient clinical outcome. Initiatives including collaborative partnerships between public and private hospital sectors, government\u2010funded programmes and adoption of telehealth were successfully established as part of Australia's efforts to stabilise our healthcare system in response to the pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Australia's pandemic efforts have highlighted the escalating imbalance between increasing demand from a growing and ageing population on an already over\u2010burdened system with finite resources. The additional strain of managing post\u2010COVID\u201019 pandemic fallout in this context provides further challenges for clinicians and healthcare administrators alike. Collaboration by all stakeholders must continue in order to seek innovative solutions to maximise efficiency of healthcare service utilisation, so that quality universal healthcare provision may continue in the future.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/bju.16652","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,20]],"date-time":"2025-01-20T02:39:01Z","timestamp":1737340741000},"page":"5-11","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["The\n                    <scp>COVID<\/scp>\n                    \u201019 pandemic and Urology \u2013 reflecting on successful initiatives and lessons in Australia"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"135","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8452-0713","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jennifer","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Austin Health  Heidelberg Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Victorian Agency for Health Information Victorian Government of Health  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3722-7754","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matthew","family":"Alberto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Austin Health  Heidelberg Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dixon","family":"Woon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Austin Health  Heidelberg Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Damien","family":"Bolton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Austin Health  Heidelberg Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Ischia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Urology Austin Health  Heidelberg Victoria Australia"},{"name":"Department of Surgery University of Melbourne  Melbourne Victoria Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_8_2_1","unstructured":"World Health Organization.WHO Director\u2010General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID\u201019 \u2010 11 March 2020. 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