Discectomy waiting times in New South Wales

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

15 public hospitals in New South Wales reported Discectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 56 days; the national median was 41 days.

4 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

Discectomy 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	16 days	0.0%	58 surgeries
2	St George Hospital NSW	22 days	6.0%	50 surgeries
3	Royal North Shore Hospital	46 days	not published	33 surgeries
4	Concord Repatriation Hospital	66 days	not published	44 surgeries
4	Prince of Wales Hospital	66 days	not published	44 surgeries
6	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	74 days	not published	16 surgeries
7	Westmead Hospital	76 days	not published	31 surgeries
8	Wollongong Hospital	77 days	4.3%	69 surgeries
9	Nepean Hospital	79 days	not published	32 surgeries
10	John Hunter Hospital	117 days	21.3%	61 surgeries
11	Liverpool Hospital	124 days	23.5%	51 surgeries
unranked	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries
unranked	Maitland Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Tweed Valley Hospital	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.