Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Ballina District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Dialysis access surgery at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Dialysis access surgery, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballina District Hospital	13 days	not published	14 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	10 days	0.3%	1797 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	20 days	0.4%	1114 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	15 days	0.3%	5765 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 27 km away18 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 76 km away7 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 102 km away27 days
Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 159 km away16 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 160 km away3 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 162 km away14 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 162 km away15 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 166 km away30 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. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Ballina District Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Dialysis access surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballina District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	16	8	12
2017–18	not published	8	13
2018–19	not published	10	14
2019–20	not published	10	14
2020–21	not published	9	13
2021–22	not published	9	13
2022–23	not published	10	15
2023–24	not published	11	16
2024–25	13	10	15

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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