Surgery Waits

Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at Shellharbour Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Shellharbour City Centre area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Shellharbour Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
New South Wales (all public hospitals)86 days4.9%515 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)65 days3.4%1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Shellharbour Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery by financial year at Shellharbour Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Shellharbour Hospital 82NSW 86Australia 65
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Median wait in days for Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodShellharbour Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17826855
2017–18not published6861
2018–192016863
2019–20not published7767
2020–21838483
2021–22not published9893
2022–23949094
2023–24828170
2024–25not published8665

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

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