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Armpit lymph node removal at Calvary Mater Newcastle

Calvary Mater Newcastle is a public hospital in the Waratah area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Armpit lymph node removal in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Axillary node dissection".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Armpit lymph node removal at Calvary Mater Newcastle.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Calvary Mater Newcastle
24 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank11th of 11 nationally

Change on the year before+13 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Calvary Mater Newcastle
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Calvary Mater Newcastle
28 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Armpit lymph node removal. They are never ranked.

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Armpit lymph node removal: Calvary Mater Newcastle, New South Wales and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Calvary Mater Newcastle24 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure28 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)16 days0.0%130 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)12 days0.6%494 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Calvary Mater Newcastle has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Armpit lymph node removal in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Armpit lymph node removal at Calvary Mater Newcastle has risen from 18 days in 2022–23 to 24 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2022–23, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Armpit lymph node removal: median wait by financial year, Calvary Mater Newcastle and New South Wales2021–22 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01020302021–222022–232023–242024–25
  • Calvary Mater Newcastle
  • New South Wales
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Armpit lymph node removal: median wait by financial year, Calvary Mater Newcastle and New South Wales2021–22 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearCalvary Mater NewcastleNew South Wales
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure
2022–2318 days14 days
2023–2411 days15 days
2024–2524 days16 days
Armpit lymph node removal: median wait by financial year, Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
0510152016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Australia
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Armpit lymph node removal: median wait by financial year, Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustralia
2016–1711 days
2017–1812 days
2018–1913 days
2019–2011 days
2020–2110 days
2021–2212 days
2022–2312 days
2023–2412 days
2024–2512 days

All planned surgery at Calvary Mater Newcastle

Armpit lymph node removal at every public hospital in Australia

Armpit lymph node removal in New South Wales

What this page leaves out

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/