Armidale Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Armidale Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 48 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 26 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dialysis access surgery | 16 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 20 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 29 days | 102 surgeries | 1.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 45 days | 63 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Carpal tunnel release | 48 days | 48 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 55 days | 55 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 58 days | 47 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 63 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 65 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | 67 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 78 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 93 days | 44 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 108 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 269 days | 326 surgeries | 9.8% |
| Total hip replacement | 327 days | 51 surgeries | 15.7% |
| Total knee replacement | 347 days | 95 surgeries | 12.6% |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Bladder neck incision | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Urethra - dilatation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Arthroplasty - revision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lithotripsy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Probing of naso-lacrimal duct last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Rotator cuff - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tendon release last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
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.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 19 days | 99% | 157 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 55 days | 97% | 442 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 328 days | 89% | 521 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.