Cessnock Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Cessnock Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 35 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 20 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 41 days | 71 surgeries | 1.4% |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 42 days | 95 surgeries | 2.1% |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 44 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 54 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | 65 days | 29 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 81 days | 317 surgeries | 0.9% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 110 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 122 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | 193 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 244 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 263 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast reconstruction | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Cone biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Lithotripsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Mastectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Nerve decompression | not published | not published | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | not published | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Anal fissure - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Arthrodesis 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 |
| Blepharoplasty 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 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Chalazion - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cystectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia 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 2021–22 | 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 |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Laparoscopy 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 |
| Meatoplasty last reported 2020–21 | 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 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2018–19 | 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 |
| Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Stress incontinence surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment 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 | 16 days | 99% | 159 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 61 days | 75% | 392 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 189 days | 93% | 328 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.