Lachlan Health Service - Parkes surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 20 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | 38 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | 56 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 58 days | 56 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 88 days | 94 surgeries | 4.3% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 90 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 223 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 232 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 287 days | 19 surgeries | not published |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 287 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | not published | not published |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Hydrocele - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Carpal tunnel release last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of last reported 2017–18 | 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 |
| Diathermy of wart/s last reported 2023–24 | 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 |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of 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 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Scar revision last reported 2022–23 | 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 2022–23 | 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 | 20 days | 100% | 22 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 51 days | 95% | 104 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 204 days | 89% | 189 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.