Ballina District Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Ballina District Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 29 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 33 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 | 13 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 29 days | 327 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Toenail surgery | 43 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 52 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 58 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 61 days | 92 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Prostate biopsy | 65 days | 60 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 70 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 76 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Laparoscopy | 76 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 81 days | 269 surgeries | 0.4% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 87 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 92 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 154 days | 67 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Endometrial ablation | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | not published | not published |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | not published | not published |
| Urethra - dilatation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Adenoidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast reduction last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ectropion - correction of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ethmoidectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stapedectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2023–24 | 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 | 15 days | 100% | 243 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 57 days | 97% | 559 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 199 days | 99% | 311 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.