Prolapse repair waiting time at Northern Beaches 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 Frenchs Forest 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
- 81 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 184 days in 2020–21 to 81 days in 2024–25 — down 56% — while the national median fell from 217 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 16 km away, at 22 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 81 days | not published | 16 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
- Northern Beaches Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northern Beaches Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 184 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 181 | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 71 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 81 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital · Prolapse repair across Australia · Prolapse repair in New South Wales