Toenail surgery waiting time at Cessnock Hospital
Half of patients at Cessnock Hospital waited 193 days or less for toenail surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Cessnock 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
- 193 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 17 days in 2016–17 to 193 days in 2024–25 — up 1035% — while the national median rose from 33 days to 48 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hawkesbury Hospital, about 100 km away, at 34 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cessnock Hospital | 193 days | not published | 12 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.
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 34 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 115 km away: 320 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 124 km away: 80 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 69 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 137 km away: 27 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 146 km away: 134 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 183 km away: 40 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 203 km away: 42 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Cessnock Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cessnock Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 17 | 46 | 33 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 47 | 34 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 44 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 49 | 45 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 56 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 68 | 58 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 62 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 64 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 193 | 55 | 48 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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