Female sterilisation waiting time at Dubbo Hospital
Half of patients at Dubbo Hospital waited 332 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Dubbo 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
- 332 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 32 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 332 days in 2024–25 — up 331% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blacktown Hospital, about 274 km away, at 322 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubbo Hospital | 332 days | not published | 32 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 267 days | 18.9% | 350 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 254 km away: 357 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 274 km away: 322 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 281 km away: 351 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 285 km away: 243 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 288 km away: 370 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 292 km away: 223 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 301 km away: 23 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 330 km away: 223 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
- Dubbo Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Dubbo Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 77 | 125 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 98 | 147 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 142 | 114 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 332 | 134 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 365 | 243 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 288 | 192 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 381 | 165 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 364 | 213 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 332 | 267 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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