Neck disc removal and fusion waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 89 days or less for neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion". This public hospital is in the Wollongong 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
- 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2019–20 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 271% — while the national median rose from 80 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 66 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 89 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 153 days | 19.2% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 117 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 329 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 245 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 219 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 45 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 330 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 68 km away: 76 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 81 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 114 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 95 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 140 | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 24 | 133 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 142 | 172 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 151 | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 231 | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 147 | 162 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 89 | 153 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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