Major neck lymph node surgery waiting time at Liverpool Hospital
Half of patients at Liverpool Hospital waited 22 days or less for major neck lymph node surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Radical neck dissection". This public hospital is in the Warwick Farm 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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 17 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 16% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 14 km away, at 20 days. Here, 5.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Hospital | 22 days | 5.0% | 60 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 1.8% | 224 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.9% | 535 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 20 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 19 km away: 15 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 16 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 27 km away: 17 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 19 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 67 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Liverpool Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Liverpool Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 19 | 15 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 16 | 14 |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 20 | 15 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 2023–24 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 18 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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