Prostate surgery waiting time at Sutherland Hospital
Half of patients at Sutherland Hospital waited 71 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". This public hospital is in the Caringbah 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 37 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2011–12 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 39% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 8 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Hospital | 71 days | not published | 37 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 8 km away: 70 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 84 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 82 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 50 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 26 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 20 km away: 53 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 21 km away: 90 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 69 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sutherland Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sutherland Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 51 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 42 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 47 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 56 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 46 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 56 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 62 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 50 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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