Kidney removal waiting time at Nepean Hospital
Half of patients at Nepean Hospital waited 73 days or less for kidney removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy". This public hospital is in the Cambridge Park 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
- 73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.4%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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 52 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2016–17 to 73 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 27 km away, at 36 days. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nephrectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 73 days | 1.4% | 70 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 36 days | 0.8% | 746 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.6% | 2721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 77 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 36 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 24 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 41 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 29 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 45 km away: 28 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 14 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 52 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
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 40 | 29 | 26 |
| 2017–18 | 35 | 29 | 27 |
| 2018–19 | 47 | 28 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 44 | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 38 | 31 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 40 | 32 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 115 | 44 | 32 |
| 2024–25 | 73 | 36 | 30 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Nepean Hospital · Kidney removal across Australia · Kidney removal in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales