Hip replacement waiting time at Dubbo Hospital
Half of patients at Dubbo Hospital waited 265 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". 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
- 265 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 119 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 24.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 96 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 311 days in 2011–12 to 265 days in 2024–25 — down 15% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 24.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total hip replacement" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubbo Hospital | 265 days | 24.4% | 119 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 128 km away: 276 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 322 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 254 km away: 279 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 256 km away: 276 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 258 km away: 330 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 267 km away: 334 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 274 km away: 349 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 279 km away: 348 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 311 | 193 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 311 | 196 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 345 | 191 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 341 | 206 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 341 | 212 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 315 | 217 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 221 | 212 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 198 | 220 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 319 | 202 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 364 | 271 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 416 | 231 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 240 | 244 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 313 | 225 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 265 | 265 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Dubbo Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales