Prostate surgery waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital
Half of patients at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital waited 91 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". 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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 39 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 83 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2011–12 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 314% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northern Beaches Hospital, about 12 km away, at 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital | 91 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 63 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 105 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 69 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 110 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 78 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 26 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 22 km away: 53 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 24 km away: 84 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 22 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 20 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 29 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 42 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 44 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 51 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 74 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 48 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 52 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 53 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 76 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 62 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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