--- title: "Major neck lymph node surgery waiting times in New South Wales" description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Major neck lymph node surgery in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/nsw/" --- # Major neck lymph node surgery waiting times in New South Wales The median wait for major neck lymph node surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was **18 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **15 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Radical neck dissection". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 19 public hospitals in New South Wales reported major neck lymph node surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Radical neck dissection" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 12 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 15 days marks the national median. - [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): 15 days - [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/radical-neck-dissection/): 15 days - [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): 16 days - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/radical-neck-dissection/): 17 days - [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): 19 days - [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): 20 days - [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): 22 days - [Calvary Mater Newcastle](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published - [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/): not published Radical neck dissection 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 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 15 days | not published | 11 surgeries | | 1 | [St George Hospital NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-george-hospital-nsw/radical-neck-dissection/) | 15 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 3 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 16 days | not published | 31 surgeries | | 4 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/radical-neck-dissection/) | 17 days | not published | 16 surgeries | | 5 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 19 days | not published | 17 surgeries | | 6 | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 20 days | not published | 30 surgeries | | 7 | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | 22 days | 5.0% | 60 surgeries | | unranked | [Calvary Mater Newcastle](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/calvary-mater-newcastle/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries | | unranked | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries | | unranked | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published | **Cite this page** > The median wait for major neck lymph node surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 18 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Major neck lymph node surgery waiting times in NSW", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/radical-neck-dissection/nsw/.