Mastectomy waiting time at Dubbo Hospital
The median wait for mastectomy at this public hospital in the Dubbo 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
- 25 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 97 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 10 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tamworth Hospital, about 254 km away, at 15 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubbo Hospital | 20 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.8% | 1183 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.9% | 4551 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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 | 10 | 16 | 16 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 18 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 21 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | 16 | 19 | 17 |
| 2022–23 | 21 | 20 | 17 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 21 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 21 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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