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Discectomy waiting time at Royal North Shore 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
46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 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
Royal North Shore Hospital46 daysnot published33 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 Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 46NSW 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 periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17465641
2017–18426042
2018–19515343
2019–20725649
2020–21355249
2021–22165449
2022–23688160
2023–24956248
2024–25465641

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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