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Discectomy waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Discectomy 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
124 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
51 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
23.5%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 30 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 Discectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Liverpool Hospital124 days23.5%51 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)56 days8.8%500 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days4.5%1400 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Discectomy by financial year at Liverpool Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Liverpool Hospital 124NSW 56Australia 41
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Discectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLiverpool Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–171205641
2017–181036042
2018–192115343
2019–201005649
2020–21905249
2021–22335449
2022–232408160
2023–241996248
2024–251245641

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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