Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for cervical discectomy and fusion.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

13 public hospitals in New South Wales reported cervical discectomy and fusion in 2024–25. The state median was 153 days; the national median was 94 days.

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Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital45 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]76 days
Westmead Hospital81 days
Wollongong Hospital89 days
Royal North Shore Hospital99 days
St George Hospital NSW117 days
Sydney Children's Hospital219 days
John Hunter Hospital236 days
Prince of Wales Hospital245 days
Nepean Hospital298 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead299 days
Liverpool Hospital329 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital330 days

Cervical discectomy and fusion in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	45 days	not published	16 surgeries
2	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	76 days	not published	28 surgeries
3	Westmead Hospital	81 days	7.7%	91 surgeries
4	Wollongong Hospital	89 days	not published	46 surgeries
5	Royal North Shore Hospital	99 days	27.6%	76 surgeries
6	St George Hospital NSW	117 days	3.3%	60 surgeries
7	Sydney Children's Hospital	219 days	not published	45 surgeries
8	John Hunter Hospital	236 days	not published	46 surgeries
9	Prince of Wales Hospital	245 days	not published	34 surgeries
10	Nepean Hospital	298 days	not published	23 surgeries
11	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	299 days	38.6%	88 surgeries
12	Liverpool Hospital	329 days	not published	39 surgeries
13	Concord Repatriation Hospital	330 days	not published	17 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.