Prolapse repair waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 355 days or less for prolapse repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior". This public hospital is in the North Tamworth 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
- 355 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 122 days in 2016–17 to 355 days in 2024–25 — up 191% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 190 km away, at 237 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 355 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 251 days | 20.0% | 780 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 165 days marks the national median.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 237 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 218 km away: 381 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 67 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 227 km away: 255 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 248 km away: 325 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 122 | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 123 | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 345 | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 317 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 350 | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 335 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 355 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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