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Tailbone cyst surgery waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for tailbone cyst surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 65 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery".

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

56 public hospitals in New South Wales reported tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Pilonidal sinus surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

35 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.

Pilonidal sinus surgery 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 1 day not published 13 surgeries
2 Wagga Wagga Hospital 18 days not published 12 surgeries
3 Northern Beaches Hospital 19 days not published 11 surgeries
4 Wollongong Hospital 25 days not published 10 surgeries
5 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 28 days not published 10 surgeries
6 Hawkesbury Hospital 53 days not published 23 surgeries
7 Liverpool Hospital 81 days not published 21 surgeries
8 St George Hospital NSW 84 days not published 10 surgeries
9 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 86 days not published 10 surgeries
10 Wyong Hospital 87 days not published 15 surgeries
11 Canterbury Hospital 88 days not published 24 surgeries
12 Manning Hospital 89 days not published 15 surgeries
13 Gosford Hospital 90 days not published 12 surgeries
14 Prince of Wales Hospital 108 days not published 16 surgeries
15 Auburn Hospital 121 days not published 28 surgeries
16 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 213 days not published 26 surgeries
17 Nepean Hospital 271 days not published 14 surgeries
18 Fairfield Hospital 276 days not published 29 surgeries
19 Shoalhaven Hospital 292 days not published 12 surgeries
20 Campbelltown Hospital 302 days not published 27 surgeries
21 Mount Druitt Hospital 311 days not published 43 surgeries
unranked Armidale Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Ballina District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bathurst Base Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Blacktown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Blue Mountains Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Bowral Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Calvary Mater Newcastle not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Cessnock Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Concord Repatriation Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Cooma Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Cowra Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Deniliquin Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Dubbo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Griffith Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked John Hunter Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lachlan Health Service - Forbes not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maitland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Moree Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Moruya Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Mudgee Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Muswellbrook Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Queanbeyan Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Ryde Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Shellharbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Singleton Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked South East Regional Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Tweed Valley Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Gosford · near Liverpool · near Penrith · near Randwick · near St Leonards · near Westmead.

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The median wait for tailbone cyst surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Tailbone cyst surgery waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

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.