Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital waited 160 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". This public hospital is in the Yippin Creek 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
- 160 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 28 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 186 days in 2018–19 to 160 days in 2024–25 — down 14% — while the national median rose from 80 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 306 km away, at 149 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauchope District Memorial Hospital | 160 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 250 days | 17.8% | 377 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 131 km away: 328 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 202 km away: 350 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 292 km away: 218 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 300 km away: 169 days
Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital, NSW · about 303 km away: 371 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 306 km away: 149 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 311 km away: 228 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 317 km away: 338 days
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.
How the wait has changed
- Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wauchope District Memorial Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 112 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 108 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | 186 | 125 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 160 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 239 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 224 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 177 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 145 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 160 | 250 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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