Spinal bone removal (laminectomy)
Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) waiting times for planned surgery. Public hospitals that published a median wait in 2024–25: 24.
The source publishes this surgery as "Laminectomy".
National figures
These figures cover every public hospital in Australia that reported this surgery. A national figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Australia
- 66 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 7.4%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 1,772 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tasmania | 40 days | 0.0% | 328 surgeries |
| Victoria | 53 days | 3.7% | 459 surgeries |
| Western Australia | 75 days | 9.4% | 286 surgeries |
| New South Wales | 87 days | 14.0% | 609 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 | 90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osborne Park Hospital | 21 daysRank 1st of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 15 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 36 daysRank 2nd of 24 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 13 nationally | 54 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 40 daysRank 3rd of 24 nationally | 7.9%Rank 10th of 13 nationally | 76 surgeries |
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 40 daysRank 3rd of 24 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 13 nationally | 328 surgeries |
| Westmead Hospital | 46 daysRank 5th of 24 nationally | 1.3%Rank 4th of 13 nationally | 80 surgeries |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital | 48 daysRank 6th of 24 nationally | 2.3%Rank 6th of 13 nationally | 132 surgeries |
| Royal Prince Alfred Hospital | 52 daysRank 7th of 24 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 13 nationally | 59 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 55 daysRank 8th of 24 nationally | 4.9%Rank 8th of 13 nationally | 61 surgeries |
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 61 daysRank 9th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 18 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 70 daysRank 10th of 24 nationally | 3.3%Rank 7th of 13 nationally | 211 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 70 daysRank 10th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 34 surgeries |
| Wollongong Hospital | 80 daysRank 12th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 35 surgeries |
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 81 daysRank 13th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 23 surgeries |
| Concord Repatriation Hospital | 82 daysRank 14th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 33 surgeries |
| Liverpool Hospital | 86 daysRank 15th of 24 nationally | 16.8%Rank 11th of 13 nationally | 95 surgeries |
| Flinders Medical Centre | 92 daysRank 16th of 24 nationally | 1.9%Rank 5th of 13 nationally | 52 surgeries |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 109 daysRank 17th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 37 surgeries |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital | 119 daysRank 18th of 24 nationally | 16.8%Rank 11th of 13 nationally | 95 surgeries |
| Nepean Hospital | 123 daysRank 19th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 36 surgeries |
| St George Hospital NSW | 141 daysRank 20th of 24 nationally | 5.9%Rank 9th of 13 nationally | 51 surgeries |
| Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus | 147 daysRank 21st of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 42 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] | 192 daysRank 22nd of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 19 surgeries |
| John Hunter Hospital | 275 daysRank 23rd of 24 nationally | 31.5%Rank 13th of 13 nationally | 130 surgeries |
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 354 daysRank 24th of 24 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 24 surgeries |
| Bankstown Lidcombe 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Bowral 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Casino and District Memorial 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Maitland 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Perth Children's 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Prince of Wales 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 | not published: too few patients |
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 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 | 5 surgeries |
| Sydney Children's 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 | not published: too few patients |
| The Children's Hospital at Westmead | 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 | 8 surgeries |
| Women's and Children's 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 | 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
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Show the figures as a table
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| Financial year | Australia | New South Wales | Tasmania | Victoria |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 57 days | 69 days | 53 days | 40 days |
| 2017–18 | 68 days | 74 days | 57 days | 78 days |
| 2018–19 | 73 days | 82 days | 88 days | 73 days |
| 2019–20 | 69 days | 75 days | 46 days | 72 days |
| 2020–21 | 70 days | 77 days | 92 days | 59 days |
| 2021–22 | 70 days | 70 days | 115 days | 28 days |
| 2022–23 | 92 days | 92 days | 73 days | 100 days |
| 2023–24 | 68 days | 70 days | 40 days | 86 days |
| 2024–25 | 66 days | 87 days | 40 days | 53 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/