Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cervical discectomy and fusion at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 329 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 39 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cervical discectomy and fusion, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Liverpool Hospital	329 days	not published	39 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	153 days	19.2%	609 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	94 days	12.9%	1076 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.

Westmead HospitalNSW · about 14 km away81 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 14 km away299 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 18 km away330 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 19 km away117 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 24 km away45 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 26 km away99 days
Nepean HospitalNSW · about 27 km away298 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 27 km away76 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Cervical discectomy and fusion, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Liverpool Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	152	114	66
2017–18	81	95	67
2018–19	252	140	76
2019–20	191	133	80
2020–21	183	172	90
2021–22	158	151	83
2022–23	267	231	139
2023–24	334	162	111
2024–25	329	153	94

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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