Dermoid cyst - removal of waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Children's Hospital waited 152 days or less for dermoid cyst - removal of in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Randwick 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
- 152 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 134 days in 2022–23 to 152 days in 2024–25 — up 13% — while the national median fell from 117 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 4 km away, at 13 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 152 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 13.1% | 130 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 71 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 8.9% | 236 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 4 km away: 13 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 188 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 712 km away: 59 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
- Sydney Children's Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Children's Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 38 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 53 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 55 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not published |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not published |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | 134 | 111 | 117 |
| 2023–24 | 133 | 116 | 90 |
| 2024–25 | 152 | 146 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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