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title: "Orange Health Service surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Orange Health Service, a public hospital in the Spring Creek area of New South Wales, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/"
---

# Orange Health Service surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Spring Creek area of New South Wales published median waits from **2 days** for bladder scope (cystoscopy) to **351 days** for pterygium (eye growth) removal.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Orange Health Service is a public hospital in the Spring Creek area of New South Wales. It is part of [Western NSW](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/western-nsw/). It reported 82 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 39 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Orange Health Service, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/cystoscopy/) | 2 days | 344 surgeries | 0.9% |
| [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | 5 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Microlaryngoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/microlaryngoscopy/) | 13 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/breast-lump-removal/) | 14 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/dialysis-access-surgery/) | 18 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/lletz-procedure/) | 20 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Mastectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/mastectomy/) | 21 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/) | 22 days | 41 surgeries | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/skin-lesion-removal/) | 22 days | 128 surgeries | 1.6% |
| [Nephrectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/nephrectomy/) | 24 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/) | 25 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/laparoscopy/) | 28 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 29 days | 142 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/prostate-biopsy/) | 29 days | 133 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/gallbladder-removal/) | 66 days | 92 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/myringotomy/) | 72 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/grommets/) | 74 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | 78 days | 70 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/prostate-surgery/) | 79 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| [Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/) | 83 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 90 days | 62 surgeries | 3.2% |
| [Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/) | 95 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | 99 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/trigger-finger-release/) | 99 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Dupytren's contracture release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/dupuytrens-contracture-surgery/) | 107 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/adenoidectomy/) | 117 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/circumcision/) | 123 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | 147 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 147 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/arthroscopy/) | 171 days | 67 surgeries | 10.4% |
| [Functional endoscopic sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/) | 236 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/eardrum-repair/) | 258 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/acl-reconstruction/) | 264 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Total hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/hip-replacement/) | 276 days | 117 surgeries | 11.1% |
| [Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/squint-surgery/) | 285 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/hernia-repair/) | 298 days | 55 surgeries | 10.9% |
| [Total knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/knee-replacement/) | 317 days | 192 surgeries | 14.6% |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/cataract-surgery/) | 335 days | 586 surgeries | 13.0% |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tonsillectomy/) | 336 days | 186 surgeries | 20.4% |
| [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/septoplasty/) | 342 days | 61 surgeries | 31.1% |
| [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/hysterectomy/) | 349 days | 52 surgeries | 11.5% |
| [Pterygium - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/pterygium-excision-of/) | 351 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Anal fissure - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/anal-fissure-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/arthrodesis/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroplasty - revision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/arthroplasty-revision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Axillary node dissection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/axillary-node-dissection/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Bartholin's abscess drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/bartholins-abscess-drainage/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/bunion-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Cone biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/cone-biopsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/cystectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ectropion - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/ectropion-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Endometrial ablation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/endometrial-ablation/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Epididymal cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/epididymal-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Exostosis - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/exostosis-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Fracture non-union - treatment of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/hammer-claw-mallet-toe-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/hydrocele-repair-of/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/lingual-or-maxillary-frenulum-surgery/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Lithotripsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/lithotripsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Mastoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/mastoidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Meniscectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/meniscectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Nasal cautery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/nasal-cautery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Nasal polypectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/nasal-polypectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Nasendoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/nasendoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/orchidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Orchidopexy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/orchidopexy/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Parathyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/parathyroidectomy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Radical neck dissection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/radical-neck-dissection/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Rhinoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/rhinoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rotator cuff - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/rotator-cuff-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Shoulder reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/shoulder-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Stapedectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/stapedectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Thyroglossal remnant - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/thyroglossal-remnant-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/toenail-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ureteric stent - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/prolapse-repair/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Varicose veins treatment](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/varicose-vein-surgery/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reconstruction last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Carotid endarterectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Cervical discectomy and fusion last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Chalazion - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Discectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Fundoplication last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hypospadias - repair of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Laminectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Myomectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Osteotomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pleurodesis last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Probing of naso-lacrimal duct last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Ptosis - repair of last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Scar revision last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Ureteric - reimplantation last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Orange Health Service by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/nsw/) | 9 days | 100% | 893 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/nsw/) | 72 days | 83% | 1175 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/nsw/) | 338 days | 83% | 1574 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Orange Health Service published median planned-surgery waits from 2 days for bladder scope (cystoscopy) to 351 days for pterygium (eye growth) removal (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "Orange Health Service wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

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Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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