Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 90 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Gosford 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
- 90 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 99 days in 2016–17 to 90 days in 2024–25 — down 9% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 22 km away, at 87 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 90 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 4.9% | 515 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 87 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 86 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 19 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 52 km away: 1 day
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 53 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 53 km away: 28 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 108 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 57 km away: 121 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 99 | 68 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 74 | 68 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 97 | 68 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | 60 | 77 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 137 | 84 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 98 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | 102 | 90 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | 100 | 81 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 90 | 86 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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