Prostate biopsy waiting time at Canterbury Hospital
Half of patients at Canterbury Hospital waited 64 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Campsie 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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 33 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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 6 km away, at 26 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Hospital | 64 days | not published | 33 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 38 days | 0.1% | 3466 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 6 km away: 26 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 64 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 21 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 28 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 12 km away: 77 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 33 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 27 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 31 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Canterbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Canterbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | not reported for this period | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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