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Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting times in New South Wales

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

13 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Cervical discectomy and fusion in 2024–25. The state median was 153 days; the national median was 94 days.

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

Cervical discectomy and fusion in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 45 days not published 16 surgeries
2 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 76 days not published 28 surgeries
3 Westmead Hospital 81 days 7.7% 91 surgeries
4 Wollongong Hospital 89 days not published 46 surgeries
5 Royal North Shore Hospital 99 days 27.6% 76 surgeries
6 St George Hospital NSW 117 days 3.3% 60 surgeries
7 Sydney Children's Hospital 219 days not published 45 surgeries
8 John Hunter Hospital 236 days not published 46 surgeries
9 Prince of Wales Hospital 245 days not published 34 surgeries
10 Nepean Hospital 298 days not published 23 surgeries
11 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 299 days 38.6% 88 surgeries
12 Liverpool Hospital 329 days not published 39 surgeries
13 Concord Repatriation Hospital 330 days not published 17 surgeries

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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