Neck disc removal and fusion
Neck disc removal and fusion waiting times for planned surgery. Public hospitals that published a median wait in 2024–25: 23.
The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion".
National figures
These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Australia
- 94 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 12.9%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 1,076 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
By state and territory
The shortest median wait comes first. A state with no published median wait follows, in name order. Select a state to see its hospitals.
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| State or territory | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 40 days | 3.8% | 240 surgeries |
| Western Australia | 109 days | 6.7% | 149 surgeries |
| New South Wales | 153 days | 19.2% | 609 surgeries |
| Northern Territory | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| South Australia | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 67 surgeries |
Hospitals by median wait
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a 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.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Darwin Hospital | 14 daysRank 1st of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 23 daysRank 2nd of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 48 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 27 daysRank 3rd of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 37 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 31 daysRank 4th of 23 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 9 nationally | 66 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 34 daysRank 5th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 11 surgeries |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 41 daysRank 6th of 23 nationally | 5.0%Rank 3rd of 9 nationally | 60 surgeries |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 45 daysRank 7th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 16 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 60 daysRank 8th of 23 nationally | 7.9%Rank 6th of 9 nationally | 76 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 76 daysRank 9th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 28 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 79 daysRank 10th of 23 nationally | 5.5%Rank 4th of 9 nationally | 55 surgeries |
| Westmead Hospital | 81 daysRank 11th of 23 nationally | 7.7%Rank 5th of 9 nationally | 91 surgeries |
| Wollongong Hospital | 89 daysRank 12th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 46 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 99 daysRank 13th of 23 nationally | 27.6%Rank 8th of 9 nationally | 76 surgeries |
| Perth Children's Hospital | 109 daysRank 14th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 15 surgeries |
| St George Hospital NSW | 117 daysRank 15th of 23 nationally | 3.3%Rank 2nd of 9 nationally | 60 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 141 daysRank 16th of 23 nationally | 8.3%Rank 7th of 9 nationally | 72 surgeries |
| Sydney Children's Hospital | 219 daysRank 17th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 45 surgeries |
| John Hunter Hospital | 236 daysRank 18th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 46 surgeries |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 245 daysRank 19th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 34 surgeries |
| Nepean Hospital | 298 daysRank 20th of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 23 surgeries |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 299 daysRank 21st of 23 nationally | 38.6%Rank 9th of 9 nationally | 88 surgeries |
| Liverpool Hospital | 329 daysRank 22nd of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 39 surgeries |
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 330 daysRank 23rd of 23 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 17 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 7 surgeries |
| Flinders Medical Centre | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 7 surgeries |
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | not published: too few patients |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure 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.
The charts show Australia and the three states that treated the most patients in 2024–25.
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales | Victoria | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 66 days | 114 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 23 days |
| 2017–18 | 67 days | 95 days | 42 days | 46 days |
| 2018–19 | 76 days | 140 days | 49 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2019–20 | 80 days | 133 days | 52 days | 79 days |
| 2020–21 | 90 days | 172 days | 39 days | 78 days |
| 2021–22 | 83 days | 151 days | 21 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2022–23 | 139 days | 231 days | 28 days | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure |
| 2023–24 | 111 days | 162 days | 63 days | 113 days |
| 2024–25 | 94 days | 153 days | 40 days | 109 days |
Hospitals near a place
These pages list the public hospitals in and near one place that published a figure for this surgery.
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 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
- 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/