Cervix cone biopsy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 26 days or less for cervix cone biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cone biopsy". 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
- 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 12 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — while the national median fell from 27 days to 23 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 19 km away, at 18 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cone biopsy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 26 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 98 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.0% | 157 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 0.0% | 110 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 23 days | 0.0% | 451 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 23 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 18 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 28 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 704 km away: 22 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 716 km away: 24 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 722 km away: 15 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 730 km away: 18 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 808 km away: 26 days
Nambour General Hospital, QLD · about 818 km away: 25 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | 28 | 29 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 31 | 28 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 24 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 22 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 23 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | not published | 22 |
| 2022–23 | 19 | 25 | 21 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 27 | 24 |
| 2024–25 | 26 | not published | 23 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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