Broken Hill Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Broken Hill Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 23 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 30 days | 58 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cystoscopy | 46 days | 62 surgeries | 1.6% |
| Laparoscopy | 49 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 50 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | 54 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 63 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 77 days | 59 surgeries | 30.5% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 97 days | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | 98 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 189 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 222 days | 232 surgeries | 14.2% |
| Total knee replacement | 386 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthrodesis | not published | not published | not published |
| Blepharoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Dialysis access surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Ectropion - correction of | not published | 5 surgeries | 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 |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 8 surgeries | 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 | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | not published | not published |
| Lithotripsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | not published | not published | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Ptosis - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | not published | not published | not published |
| Total hip replacement | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | not published | not published |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction last reported 2023–24 | 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 |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2022–23 | 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 |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of 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 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Femoro-popliteal bypass graft last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2019–20 | 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 |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Microlaryngoscopy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Myomectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2023–24 | 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 |
| Orchidopexy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Osteotomy 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 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Procedure for strabismus (squint repair) last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Septoplasty 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 |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2021–22 | 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 | 91% | 79 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 50 days | 79% | 284 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 224 days | 82% | 483 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.