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Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) at Wagga Wagga Hospital

Wagga Wagga Hospital is a public hospital in the Turvey Park area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Laminectomy".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) at Wagga Wagga 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, Wagga Wagga Hospital
354 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank24th of 24 nationally

Change on the year before+112 days

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

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Spinal bone removal (laminectomy). They are never ranked.

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Spinal bone removal (laminectomy): Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Wagga Wagga Hospital354 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure24 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)87 days14.0%609 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)66 days7.4%1,772 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Wagga Wagga Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) at Wagga Wagga Hospital has fallen from 371 days in 2016–17 to 354 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.

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.

Spinal bone removal (laminectomy): median wait by financial year, Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
02004006002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Wagga Wagga Hospital
  • New South Wales
  • Australia
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Spinal bone removal (laminectomy): median wait by financial year, Wagga Wagga Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearWagga Wagga HospitalNew South WalesAustralia
2016–17371 days69 days57 days
2017–18332 days74 days68 days
2018–19314 days82 days73 days
2019–20348 days75 days69 days
2020–21453 days77 days70 days
2021–22406 days70 days70 days
2022–23207 days92 days92 days
2023–24242 days70 days68 days
2024–25354 days87 days66 days

All planned surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital

Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) at every public hospital in Australia

Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in New South Wales

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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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/