Neck disc removal and fusion waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 99 days or less for neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion". This public hospital is in the St Leonards 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
- 99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 76 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 27.6%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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 147 days in 2016–17 to 99 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 76 days. Here, 27.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 12.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 99 days | 27.6% | 76 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 153 days | 19.2% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 7 km away: 76 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 45 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 330 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 219 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 245 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 17 km away: 117 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 18 km away: 299 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 81 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 147 | 114 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 155 | 95 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 271 | 140 | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 316 | 133 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 186 | 172 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 247 | 151 | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 166 | 231 | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 201 | 162 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 99 | 153 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Neck disc removal and fusion across Australia · Neck disc removal and fusion in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales