Adenoid removal waiting time at Mudgee Health Service
Half of patients at Mudgee Health Service waited 318 days or less for adenoid removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Adenoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Putta Bucca 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
- 318 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 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 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 57 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 151 days in 2016–17 to 318 days in 2024–25 — up 111% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 89 km away, at 129 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mudgee Health Service | 318 days | not published | 35 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 274 days | 18.3% | 1412 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 3784 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 129 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 117 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 99 km away: 306 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 160 km away: 76 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 166 km away: 165 days
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes, NSW · about 171 km away: 220 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 184 km away: 238 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 187 km away: 252 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Mudgee Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mudgee Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 151 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 186 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 184 | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | 170 | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 208 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 143 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 148 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 277 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 318 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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