Prostate biopsy waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the Condell Park area of New South Wales was 64 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 155 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 39 days in 2020–21 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 64% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St George Hospital NSW, about 11 km away, at 26 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 64 days | 0.0% | 155 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 38 days | 0.1% | 3466 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 39 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 89 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 100 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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