Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Wollongong 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: 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 46 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 12 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
Wollongong Hospital	89 days	not published	46 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.

St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 56 km away117 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 56 km away329 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 65 km away245 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 65 km away219 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 66 km away45 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 68 km away330 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 68 km away76 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 70 km away81 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	Wollongong Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	114	66
2017–18	not published	95	67
2018–19	not published	140	76
2019–20	24	133	80
2020–21	142	172	90
2021–22	76	151	83
2022–23	97	231	139
2023–24	147	162	111
2024–25	89	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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