Osteotomy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 253 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
- 253 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 140 days in 2017–18 to 253 days in 2024–25 — up 81% — while the national median rose from 86 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 9 km away, at 198 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 253 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 180 days | 16.4% | 451 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 156 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 140 | 153 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 147 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 157 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 233 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 166 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 153 | 146 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 182 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 253 | 180 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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