Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery waiting times for planned surgery. Public hospitals that published a median wait in 2024–25: 41.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
National figures
These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Australia
- 37 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 3.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 12,867 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
By state and territory
The shortest median wait comes first. A state with no published median wait follows, in name order. Select a state to see its hospitals.
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| State or territory | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Australia | 29 days | 6.2% | 1,034 surgeries |
| Queensland | 30 days | 1.0% | 2,478 surgeries |
| Victoria | 35 days | 1.9% | 3,327 surgeries |
| Tasmania | 39 days | 0.2% | 585 surgeries |
| New South Wales | 44 days | 6.3% | 4,275 surgeries |
| South Australia | 45 days | 0.8% | 657 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory | 74 days | 14.0% | 436 surgeries |
| Northern Territory | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 75 surgeries |
Hospitals by median wait
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Children's Hospital | 13 daysRank 1st of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 162 surgeries |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 15 daysRank 2nd of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 141 surgeries |
| Joondalup Health Campus (Public) | 17 daysRank 3rd of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 27 surgeries |
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 21 daysRank 4th of 41 nationally | 3.0%Rank 23rd of 35 nationally | 134 surgeries |
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 22 daysRank 5th of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 57 surgeries |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 23 daysRank 6th of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 561 surgeries |
| Townsville University Hospital | 23 daysRank 6th of 41 nationally | 0.7%Rank 10th of 35 nationally | 404 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 25 daysRank 8th of 41 nationally | 2.5%Rank 22nd of 35 nationally | 637 surgeries |
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 25 daysRank 8th of 41 nationally | 1.4%Rank 15th of 35 nationally | 74 surgeries |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital | 26 daysRank 10th of 41 nationally | 1.2%Rank 11th of 35 nationally | 514 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 28 daysRank 11th of 41 nationally | 4.2%Rank 27th of 35 nationally | 737 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 28 daysRank 11th of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 493 surgeries |
| Westmead Hospital | 29 daysRank 13th of 41 nationally | 1.3%Rank 12th of 35 nationally | 639 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 31 daysRank 14th of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 28 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 32 daysRank 15th of 41 nationally | 3.0%Rank 23rd of 35 nationally | 333 surgeries |
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 32 daysRank 15th of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 20 surgeries |
| Mater Adult Hospital | 32 daysRank 15th of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 499 surgeries |
| Osborne Park Hospital | 32 daysRank 15th of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 28 surgeries |
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 39 daysRank 19th of 41 nationally | 0.2%Rank 8th of 35 nationally | 585 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 39 daysRank 19th of 41 nationally | 1.7%Rank 17th of 35 nationally | 880 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 40 daysRank 21st of 41 nationally | 1.6%Rank 16th of 35 nationally | 634 surgeries |
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 41 daysRank 22nd of 41 nationally | 1.3%Rank 12th of 35 nationally | 545 surgeries |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 42 daysRank 23rd of 41 nationally | 1.3%Rank 12th of 35 nationally | 297 surgeries |
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 42 daysRank 23rd of 41 nationally | 2.4%Rank 21st of 35 nationally | 166 surgeries |
| St Vincent's On the Park | 44 daysRank 25th of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 13 surgeries |
| Wollongong Hospital | 45 daysRank 26th of 41 nationally | 4.6%Rank 28th of 35 nationally | 304 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 48 daysRank 27th of 41 nationally | 3.9%Rank 26th of 35 nationally | 408 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 50 daysRank 28th of 41 nationally | 18.7%Rank 34th of 35 nationally | 166 surgeries |
| Perth Children's Hospital | 56 daysRank 29th of 41 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 48 surgeries |
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 57 daysRank 30th of 41 nationally | 2.3%Rank 20th of 35 nationally | 354 surgeries |
| Flinders Medical Centre | 61 daysRank 31st of 41 nationally | 0.3%Rank 9th of 35 nationally | 303 surgeries |
| St George Hospital NSW | 69 daysRank 32nd of 41 nationally | 2.0%Rank 18th of 35 nationally | 298 surgeries |
| Liverpool Hospital | 71 daysRank 33rd of 41 nationally | 15.3%Rank 32nd of 35 nationally | 411 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 71 daysRank 33rd of 41 nationally | 2.0%Rank 18th of 35 nationally | 150 surgeries |
| The Canberra Hospital | 74 daysRank 35th of 41 nationally | 14.0%Rank 31st of 35 nationally | 436 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 80 daysRank 36th of 41 nationally | 3.3%Rank 25th of 35 nationally | 92 surgeries |
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 83 daysRank 37th of 41 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally | 258 surgeries |
| John Hunter Hospital | 86 daysRank 38th of 41 nationally | 19.8%Rank 35th of 35 nationally | 504 surgeries |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 88 daysRank 39th of 41 nationally | 18.0%Rank 33rd of 35 nationally | 205 surgeries |
| Nepean Hospital | 89 daysRank 40th of 41 nationally | 7.0%Rank 29th of 35 nationally | 242 surgeries |
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 191 daysRank 41st of 41 nationally | 7.7%Rank 30th of 35 nationally | 78 surgeries |
| Alice Springs Hospital | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
| Sandringham Hospital | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
The charts show Australia and the three states that treated the most patients in 2024–25.
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales | Queensland | Victoria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 31 days | 34 days | 16 days | 38 days |
| 2012–13 | 30 days | 33 days | 14 days | 44 days |
| 2013–14 | 31 days | 31 days | 20 days | 36 days |
| 2014–15 | 30 days | 35 days | 15 days | 34 days |
| 2015–16 | 33 days | 43 days | 18 days | 43 days |
| 2016–17 | 36 days | 42 days | 23 days | 43 days |
| 2017–18 | 36 days | 43 days | 23 days | 45 days |
| 2018–19 | 38 days | 47 days | 27 days | 48 days |
| 2019–20 | 35 days | 39 days | 27 days | 42 days |
| 2020–21 | 37 days | 49 days | 28 days | 29 days |
| 2021–22 | 28 days | 32 days | 26 days | 23 days |
| 2022–23 | 45 days | 55 days | 29 days | 49 days |
| 2023–24 | 42 days | 48 days | 33 days | 42 days |
| 2024–25 | 37 days | 44 days | 30 days | 35 days |
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/