Female sterilisation waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 350 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Turvey Park 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
- 350 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 138 days in 2016–17 to 350 days in 2024–25 — up 154% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], about 121 km away, at 144 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 350 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 267 days | 18.9% | 350 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 3.7% | 187 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 144 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 223 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 158 km away: 109 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 29 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 138 | 125 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 359 | 147 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 358 | 114 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 359 | 134 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | 387 | 243 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 387 | 192 | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 442 | 165 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 341 | 213 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 350 | 267 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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