Surgery Waits

Craniotomy waiting time at Concord Repatriation Hospital

The median wait for craniotomy at this public hospital in the Concord West area of New South Wales was 10 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
10 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
22 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 10 days in 2024–25 — down 38% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 10 km away, at 8 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Craniotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Concord Repatriation Hospital10 daysnot published22 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)15 days1.0%485 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.9%1392 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for craniotomy by financial year at Concord Repatriation Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Concord Repatriation Hospital 10NSW 15Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Craniotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodConcord Repatriation Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17161314
2017–18not published1317
2018–19191419
2019–20161114
2020–21not published1315
2021–22not published1314
2022–2371318
2023–24not published1622
2024–25101520

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Concord Repatriation Hospital · Craniotomy across Australia · Craniotomy in New South Wales