Prostate biopsy waiting time at Nepean Hospital
Half of patients at Nepean Hospital waited 36 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 307 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 38 days in 2016–17 to 36 days in 2024–25 — down 5% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 36 km away, at 28 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 36 days | 0.0% | 307 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 38 days | 0.1% | 3466 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 45 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 58 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 115 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 64 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 28 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 85 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 62 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 40 km away: 64 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 | 38 | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 46 | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 42 | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 30 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 34 | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 36 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Nepean Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales