Bathurst Base Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Bathurst Base Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 67 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystoscopy | 1 day | 104 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Dialysis access surgery | 12 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 13 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 24 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 27 days | 263 surgeries | 0.4% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 33 days | 60 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 34 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 58 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 59 days | 76 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Adenoidectomy | 129 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 129 days | 54 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 185 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 200 days | 50 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Arthroscopy | 205 days | 36 surgeries | not published |
| Circumcision | 223 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 264 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 267 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 298 days | 92 surgeries | 12.0% |
| Pterygium - excision of | 318 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 322 days | 82 surgeries | 19.5% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 330 days | 425 surgeries | 0.2% |
| Carpal tunnel release | 331 days | 64 surgeries | 35.9% |
| Total knee replacement | 337 days | 125 surgeries | 28.0% |
| Ganglion - excision of | 340 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | 364 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | 365 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Axillary node dissection | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reduction | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Ectropion - correction 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 |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Mastectomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | not published | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | not published | not published |
| Rhinoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Sub-mucosal resection | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Turbinectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Chalazion - excision of last reported 2016–17 | 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 |
| Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Discectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of 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 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasendoscopy 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 2022–23 | 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 |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2017–18 | 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 | 16 days | 97% | 284 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 54 days | 91% | 598 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 326 days | 87% | 1085 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.