Laminectomy waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
The median wait for laminectomy at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 354 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 354 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 371 days in 2016–17 to 354 days in 2024–25 — down 5% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 331 km away, at 80 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 354 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 14.0% | 609 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.7% | 459 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 371 | 69 | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 332 | 74 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 314 | 82 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 348 | 75 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 453 | 77 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 406 | 70 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 207 | 92 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 242 | 70 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 354 | 87 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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