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Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt waiting time at Wollongong Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt 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
34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 7 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 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 Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wollongong Hospital34 daysnot published10 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)not publishednot published62 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)8 days1.0%102 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)not publishednot published45 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days1.8%228 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt by financial year at Wollongong Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wollongong Hospital 34Australia 17
  • Wollongong Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWollongong Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not publishednot published14
2017–18not publishednot published14
2018–1930not published13
2019–20not publishednot published17
2020–21not publishednot published15
2021–22not publishednot published15
2022–23not publishednot published21
2023–24not publishednot published17
2024–2534not published17

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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