Prostate surgery waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 68 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 Port Macquarie 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
- 68 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 117 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.8%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 66 days in 2011–12 to 68 days in 2024–25 — up 3% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 6.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 68 days | 6.8% | 117 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 77 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 93 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 294 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 86 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 88 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 90 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 110 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 240 km away: 76 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 66 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 38 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 48 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 70 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 62 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 67 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 74 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 62 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 143 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 75 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 68 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital · Prostate surgery across Australia · Prostate surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales