Epididymal cyst - removal of waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 256 days or less for epididymal cyst - removal of in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Kogarah 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
- 256 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 5 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Yarra Ranges Health, about 670 km away, at 35 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Epididymal cyst - removal of" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 256 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 10.9% | 175 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 50 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 67 days | 10.1% | 129 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 116 days | 14.3% | 428 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 116 days marks the national median.
Yarra Ranges Health, VIC · about 670 km away: 35 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 700 km away: 19 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 712 km away: 49 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 747 km away: 132 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
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 110 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 137 | 82 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 108 | 71 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 112 | 85 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 223 | 148 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 206 | 159 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 158 | 137 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 128 | 108 |
| 2024–25 | 256 | 158 | 116 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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