Surgery Waits

Craniotomy waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for craniotomy at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 16 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
16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
86 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 12 days in 2016–17 to 16 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 6 km away, at 2 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Craniotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital16 days0.0%86 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)15 days1.0%485 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.9%1392 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for craniotomy by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 16NSW 15Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Craniotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17121314
2017–1881317
2018–19161419
2019–2071114
2020–2181315
2021–22151314
2022–23281318
2023–24171622
2024–25161520

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · Craniotomy across Australia · Craniotomy in New South Wales