Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 111 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". This public hospital is in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 75 days in 2016–17 to 111 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 54 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Hospital for Women, about 437 km away, at 61 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 111 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.5% | 430 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 436 km away: 299 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 437 km away: 61 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 444 km away: 77 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 458 km away: 298 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 470 km away: 69 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 476 km away: 166 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 75 | 57 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | 117 | 57 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | 63 | 56 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 59 | 68 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 75 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | 245 | 77 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 256 | 62 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 87 | 62 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 77 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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