Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 141 days or less for spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laminectomy". 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
- 141 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 51 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.9%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 141 days in 2024–25 — up 64% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 10 km away, at 52 days. Here, 5.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Laminectomy" 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 | 141 days | 5.9% | 51 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 14.0% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 66 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 52 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 192 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 82 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 81 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 86 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 23 km away: 46 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 123 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 80 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
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 | 86 | 69 | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 74 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 51 | 82 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 75 | 75 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 75 | 77 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 37 | 70 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 73 | 92 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 62 | 70 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 141 | 87 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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