Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] waited 7 days or less for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Darlinghurst 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
- 7 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 4 days in 2018–19 to 7 days in 2024–25 — up 75% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 7 days | 0.0% | 57 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.0% | 604 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.0% | 1875 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 4 km away: 13 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 32 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 30 km away: 20 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 49 km away: 17 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 115 km away: 26 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 118 km away: 31 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 23 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 23 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 25 | 15 |
| 2019–20 | 7 | 21 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 7 | 19 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 7 | 17 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | 9 | 21 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 11 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 7 | 20 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] · Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy across Australia · Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales