Prostate biopsy waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 46 days or less for prostate biopsy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 151 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 63 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2016–17 to 46 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sutherland Hospital, about 48 km away, at 27 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 46 days | 0.0% | 151 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 38 days | 0.1% | 3466 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 39 km away: 85 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 27 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 26 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 29 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 64 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 115 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 64 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 33 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 | 30 | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 25 | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wollongong Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales