Hysterectomy waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 349 days or less for hysterectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)". This public hospital is in the Spring Creek 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
- 349 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 11.5%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 122 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2011–12 to 349 days in 2024–25 — up 512% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 46 km away, at 185 days. Here, 11.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 349 days | 11.5% | 52 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 12.2% | 2971 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 7.4% | 9163 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 185 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 88 km away: 287 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 122 km away: 345 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 354 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 345 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 163 km away: 278 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 152 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 205 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 57 | 57 | 53 |
| 2012–13 | 65 | 60 | 53 |
| 2013–14 | 57 | 55 | 52 |
| 2014–15 | 64 | 60 | 55 |
| 2015–16 | 75 | 62 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 86 | 64 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | 64 | 66 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 85 | 69 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | 111 | 71 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 126 | 96 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | 272 | 81 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 326 | 101 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 272 | 96 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 349 | 99 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Orange Health Service · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales