Hysterectomy waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hysterectomy — published by the source as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Port Macquarie 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: 126 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 51 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 13.7%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 332 days in 2011–12 to 126 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Grafton Base Hospital, about 198 km away, at 80 days. Here, 13.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	126 days	13.7%	51 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	99 days	12.2%	2971 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Manning HospitalNSW · about 65 km away226 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 128 km away309 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 189 km away270 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 190 km away246 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 198 km away80 days
John Hunter HospitalNSW · about 198 km away34 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	332	57	53
2012–13	292	60	53
2013–14	95	55	52
2014–15	194	60	55
2015–16	52	62	52
2016–17	76	64	55
2017–18	77	66	57
2018–19	72	69	61
2019–20	43	71	63
2020–21	95	96	80
2021–22	75	81	74
2022–23	291	101	84
2023–24	97	96	77
2024–25	126	99	74

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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