Lachlan Health Service - Forbes surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Lachlan Health Service - Forbes is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 18 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin lesion - excision of | 27 days | 38 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 182 days | 262 surgeries | 2.7% |
| Adenoidectomy | 220 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 309 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Pterygium - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Sub-mucosal resection | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2021–22 | 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 |
| Cystoscopy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2021–22 | 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 |
| Osteotomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2019–20 | 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 |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment 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 | 8 days | 100% | 22 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 50 days | 84% | 107 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 226 days | 95% | 252 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.