Surgery Waits

Craniotomy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]

The median wait for craniotomy at this public hospital in the Darlinghurst area of New South Wales was 20 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
20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
18 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2020–21 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 4 km away, at 16 days.

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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
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]20 daysnot published18 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], compared with New South Wales and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 20NSW 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 periodSt Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published1314
2017–18not published1317
2018–19not published1419
2019–20not published1114
2020–21161315
2021–22not published1314
2022–23201318
2023–24291622
2024–25201520

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

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