Toenail surgery waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 69 days or less for toenail surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 69 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 43 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 31 days in 2016–17 to 69 days in 2024–25 — up 123% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 40 km away, at 34 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 69 days | not published | 23 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.6% | 417 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 1.9% | 1323 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 48 days marks the national median.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 80 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 320 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 40 km away: 34 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 40 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 69 km away: 27 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 42 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 193 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 236 km away: 84 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 31 | 46 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 35 | 47 | 34 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 44 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 41 | 49 | 45 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 56 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 68 | 58 |
| 2022–23 | 54 | 62 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 51 | 64 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 69 | 55 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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