Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Fairfield Hospital
Half of patients at Fairfield Hospital waited 338 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". This public hospital is in the Prairiewood 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
- 338 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 191 days in 2016–17 to 338 days in 2024–25 — up 77% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 12 km away, at 228 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 338 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 250 days | 17.8% | 377 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 228 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 87 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 149 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 336 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 218 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 169 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 371 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 350 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fairfield Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fairfield Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 191 | 112 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 154 | 108 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 168 | 125 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | 248 | 160 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | 306 | 239 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | 372 | 224 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | 423 | 177 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 323 | 145 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 338 | 250 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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