Pleurodesis waiting time at Nepean Hospital
The median wait for pleurodesis at this public hospital in the Cambridge Park area of New South Wales was 7 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
- 7 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 6 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 8 days in 2022–23 to 7 days in 2024–25 — down 13% — while the national median rose from 8 days to 10 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 686 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 7 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 26 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 66 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.0% | 150 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 8 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 10 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 8 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 9 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 7 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 10 |
| 2022–23 | 8 | not published | 8 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 10 |
| 2024–25 | 7 | not published | 10 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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