Prostate surgery waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 79 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". 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
- 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 68 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2011–12 to 79 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mudgee Health Service, about 92 km away, at 55 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 79 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 55 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 108 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 92 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 163 km away: 44 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 78 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 102 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 183 km away: 90 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 184 km away: 110 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 | 49 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 31 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 42 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 30 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 56 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 23 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 60 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 79 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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