Prolapse repair waiting time at Cooma Hospital and Health Service
Half of patients at Cooma Hospital and Health Service waited 103 days or less for prolapse repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior". This public hospital is in the Polo Flat 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
- 103 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 66 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 nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 253 km away, at 85 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooma Hospital and Health Service | 103 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 251 days | 20.0% | 780 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 124 days | 6.1% | 642 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 165 days marks the national median.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 110 km away: 258 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 243 km away: 321 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 253 km away: 85 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 257 km away: 372 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 285 km away: 352 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 306 km away: 253 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 309 km away: 332 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 311 km away: 357 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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Cooma Hospital and Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cooma Hospital and Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 103 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Cooma Hospital and Health Service · Prolapse repair across Australia · Prolapse repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales