Surgery Waits

Nephrectomy waiting time at Dubbo Hospital

The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Dubbo area of New South Wales was 67 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
67 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 67 days in 2024–25 — up 347% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Orange Health Service, about 128 km away, at 24 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nephrectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Dubbo Hospital67 daysnot published15 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)36 days0.8%746 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)30 days0.6%2721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nephrectomy by financial year at Dubbo Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Dubbo Hospital 67NSW 36Australia 30
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Median wait in days for Nephrectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodDubbo Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17152926
2017–18not published2927
2018–19252828
2019–20182828
2020–21252929
2021–22253128
2022–23263230
2023–24314432
2024–25673630

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

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