Exostosis - excision of waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
The median wait for exostosis - excision of at this public hospital in the Wollongong area of New South Wales was 334 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
- 334 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 9 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 362 days in 2016–17 to 334 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 120 days to 198 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 651 km away, at 91 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 334 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 97 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 13.0% | 115 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 33 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 198 days | 20.1% | 329 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
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 362 | 327 | 120 |
| 2017–18 | 353 | 339 | 168 |
| 2018–19 | 352 | 350 | 169 |
| 2019–20 | 486 | 352 | 259 |
| 2020–21 | 483 | 404 | 311 |
| 2021–22 | 375 | not published | 142 |
| 2022–23 | 442 | 371 | 257 |
| 2023–24 | 359 | not published | 251 |
| 2024–25 | 334 | not published | 198 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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