Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 10 days or less for dialysis access surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Waitara 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
- 10 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 5 days in 2017–18 to 10 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 12 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 10 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.3% | 1797 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 6 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 14 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 16 km away: 6 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 15 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 5 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 5 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 20 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 30 km away: 23 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 8 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 9 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 9 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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