Prolapse repair waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for prolapse repair — published by the source as “Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior” — at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales, 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
- 67 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 20.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 313 days in 2016–17 to 67 days in 2024–25 — down 79% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 169 km away, at 46 days. Here, 20.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 16.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 67 days | 20.8% | 77 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 251 days | 20.0% | 780 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 313 | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 339 | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | 231 | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 161 | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 339 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 227 | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 317 | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 214 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 67 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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