Tailbone cyst surgery at Mount Druitt Hospital
Mount Druitt Hospital is a public hospital in the Mount Druitt area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.
The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery".
Figures for this hospital
Each tile shows one figure for Tailbone cyst surgery at Mount Druitt Hospital.
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, Mount Druitt Hospital
- 311 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Rank46th of 46 nationally
Change on the year before+114 days
- Waiting more than 365 days, Mount Druitt Hospital
- not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Mount Druitt Hospital
- 43 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Compared with the state and Australia
The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Tailbone cyst surgery. They are never ranked.
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| Who the figures cover | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Druitt Hospital | 311 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 43 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 4.9% | 515 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1,265 surgeries |
Shorter waits nearby
Mount Druitt Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. The open hospitals below come from that list, nearest first, and each published a shorter median wait for Tailbone cyst surgery than Mount Druitt Hospital did. Each distance is measured in a straight line.
- Nepean Hospital11 kilometres away271 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Fairfield Hospital13 kilometres away276 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- The Children's Hospital at Westmead15 kilometres away28 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
How this hospital's wait has changed
The median wait for Tailbone cyst surgery at Mount Druitt Hospital has risen from 44 days in 2016–17 to 311 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2016–17, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.
How the wait has changed
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.
- Mount Druitt Hospital
- New South Wales
- Australia
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| Financial year | Mount Druitt Hospital | New South Wales | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 44 days | 68 days | 55 days |
| 2017–18 | 50 days | 68 days | 61 days |
| 2018–19 | 74 days | 68 days | 63 days |
| 2019–20 | 85 days | 77 days | 67 days |
| 2020–21 | 85 days | 84 days | 83 days |
| 2021–22 | 119 days | 98 days | 93 days |
| 2022–23 | 68 days | 90 days | 94 days |
| 2023–24 | 197 days | 81 days | 70 days |
| 2024–25 | 311 days | 86 days | 65 days |
More on this page's subjects
All planned surgery at Mount Druitt Hospital
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
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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/