Prostate surgery waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 82 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". This public hospital is in the Condell Park area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 13.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 71 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here is unchanged from 2011–12 (82 days) — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 11 km away, at 70 days. Here, 13.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 82 days | 13.9% | 101 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 84 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 90 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 70 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 69 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 71 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 110 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 26 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 19 km away: 53 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 82 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 76 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 88 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 90 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 70 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 81 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 81 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 52 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 56 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 54 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 31 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 65 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 82 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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