Hydrocele - repair of waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
The median wait for hydrocele - repair of at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales was 242 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 242 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 52 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 338 days in 2022–23 to 242 days in 2024–25 — down 28% — while the national median fell from 138 days to 95 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kempsey District Hospital, about 87 km away, at 99 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 242 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 170 days | 14.7% | 407 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 102 days | 6.7% | 223 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 9.8% | 1477 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 91 | 75 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 77 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 105 | 70 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 90 | 87 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 169 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 216 | 121 |
| 2022–23 | 338 | 181 | 138 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 130 | 90 |
| 2024–25 | 242 | 170 | 95 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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