Prolapse repair waiting time at Tamworth 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 Tamworth 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
- 355 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 122 days in 2016–17 to 355 days in 2024–25 — up 191% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 190 km away, at 237 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 355 days | not published | 17 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
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 122 | 127 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 123 | 169 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 152 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 345 | 168 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 317 | 286 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 350 | 215 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 251 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 335 | 234 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 355 | 251 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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