Prolapse repair waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 372 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 Wollongong 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
- 372 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 337 days in 2017–18 to 372 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 126 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Shellharbour Hospital, about 15 km away, at 321 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 372 days | not published | 26 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.
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 321 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 39 km away: 352 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 411 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 332 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 253 days
Royal Hospital for Women, NSW · about 65 km away: 283 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 22 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 82 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 337 | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | 349 | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 359 | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 370 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 343 | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 383 | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 379 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 372 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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