Prostate surgery waiting time at South East Regional Hospital
Half of patients at South East Regional Hospital waited 58 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 Tarraganda 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
- 58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 51 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 72 days in 2011–12 to 58 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 274 km away, at 55 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East Regional Hospital | 58 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 5.0% | 2707 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 4.5% | 2702 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.
Moruya Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 134 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 213 km away: 107 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 268 km away: 78 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 274 km away: 55 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 285 km away: 30 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 303 km away: 102 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 316 km away: 71 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 319 km away: 25 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- South East Regional Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South East Regional Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 72 | 56 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 63 | 54 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 53 | 60 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 80 | 59 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 83 | 62 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 189 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 87 | 63 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 123 | 63 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 189 | 59 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 98 | 71 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 197 | 59 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 121 | 78 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 294 | 75 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 77 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at South East Regional Hospital · Prostate surgery across Australia · Prostate surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales