Wauchope District Memorial Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Yippin Creek area of New South Wales published median waits from 3 days for bladder scope (cystoscopy) to 279 days for Dupuytren's contracture surgery.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital is a public hospital in the Yippin Creek area of New South Wales. It is part of Mid North Coast. It reported 28 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 21 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystoscopy | 3 days | 404 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 14 days | 57 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 25 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 27 days | 155 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 48 days | 102 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Laparoscopy | 72 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 113 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 128 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 128 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 154 days | 81 surgeries | 11.1% |
| Ganglion - excision of | 160 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 279 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Not reported for this period | |||
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2023–24 | not reported | ||
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2020–21 | not reported | ||
| Chalazion - excision of last reported 2022–23 | not reported | ||
| Circumcision last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2020–21 | not reported | ||
| Cystectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported | ||
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2023–24 | not reported | ||
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2020–21 | not reported | ||
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
| Female sterilisation last reported 2023–24 | not reported | ||
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2023–24 | not reported | ||
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
| Myomectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
| Nasal cautery last reported 2023–24 | not reported | ||
| Nerve decompression last reported 2022–23 | not reported | ||
| Orchidectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported | ||
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2017–18 | not reported | ||
| Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | not reported | ||
| Total knee replacement last reported 2014–15 | not reported | ||
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported | ||
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 11 days | 99% | 201 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 41 days | 85% | 692 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 149 days | 95% | 243 surgeries |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Wauchope District Memorial Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 3 days for bladder scope (cystoscopy) to 279 days for Dupuytren's contracture surgery (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Wauchope District Memorial Hospital waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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