Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Cervical discectomy and fusion, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Cervical discectomy and fusion in public hospitals was 94 days in 2024–25, from 1076 surgeries. 12.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 23 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria40 days
Western Australia109 days
New South Wales153 days
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published

Cervical discectomy and fusion in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	40 days	3.8%	240 surgeries
2	Western Australia	109 days	6.7%	149 surgeries
3	New South Wales	153 days	19.2%	609 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	11 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	67 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
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Median wait in days for Cervical discectomy and fusion, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	66	not published	23	114
2017–18	67	42	46	95
2018–19	76	49	not published	140
2019–20	80	52	79	133
2020–21	90	39	78	172
2021–22	83	21	not published	151
2022–23	139	28	not published	231
2023–24	111	63	113	162
2024–25	94	40	109	153

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.