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Bowral Hospital surgery waiting times

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

Bowral Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 43 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 23 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.

Planned surgery at Bowral Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Surgery Median wait Surgeries Waited more than 365 days
Curettage and evacuation of uterus 2 days 26 surgeries not published
Fracture non-union - treatment of 5 days 12 surgeries not published
Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy 14 days 13 surgeries not published
Skin lesion - excision of 15 days 213 surgeries 0.0%
Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage 17 days 46 surgeries not published
Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) 35 days 70 surgeries 0.0%
Toenail surgery 42 days 18 surgeries not published
Arthroscopy 52 days 12 surgeries not published
Carpal tunnel release 53 days 21 surgeries not published
Haemorrhoidectomy 56 days 10 surgeries not published
Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy 63 days 65 surgeries 0.0%
Herniorrhaphy 77 days 59 surgeries 0.0%
Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) 204 days 489 surgeries 3.9%
Total hip replacement 345 days 85 surgeries 45.9%
Shoulder joint replacement 456 days 14 surgeries not published
Total knee replacement 473 days 78 surgeries 80.8%
Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression not published not published not published
Anal fissure - repair of not published not published not published
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction not published 7 surgeries not published
Arthrodesis not published 7 surgeries not published
Bartholin's abscess drainage not published not published not published
Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection not published not published not published
Cone biopsy not published not published not published
Diathermy of wart/s not published not published not published
Dupytren's contracture release not published 5 surgeries not published
Exostosis - excision of not published not published not published
Female sterilisation not published 6 surgeries not published
Ganglion - excision of not published not published not published
Hydrocele - repair of not published not published not published
Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) not published 5 surgeries not published
Laminectomy not published not published not published
Laparoscopy not published 5 surgeries not published
Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) not published not published not published
Mastectomy not published 6 surgeries 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
Pterygium - excision of not published 7 surgeries not published
Rotator cuff - repair of not published 6 surgeries not published
Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy not published 8 surgeries not published
Scar revision not published not published not published
Trigger finger/thumb release not published not published not published
Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior not published not published not published
Axillary node dissection last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Circumcision last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Cystoscopy last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Dacryocystorhinostomy last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Ectropion - correction of last reported 2020–21 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Endometrial ablation last reported 2021–22 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2018–19 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of 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
Myomectomy last reported 2019–20 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Orchidectomy last reported 2022–23 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
Ptosis - repair of last reported 2023–24 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2022–23 not reported for this period not reported for this period not reported for this period
Tendon release last reported 2023–24 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
Trabeculectomy last reported 2020–21 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.

All planned surgery at Bowral Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.
Urgency category Median wait Treated within the recommended time Surgeries
Urgent 14 days 100% 269 surgeries
Semi-urgent 43 days 98% 490 surgeries
Non-urgent 238 days 79% 674 surgeries

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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