Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Kempsey District Hospital
The median wait for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage" — at this public hospital in the West Kempsey area of New South Wales was 28 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 83 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 31 days in 2022–23 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median stayed at 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 43 km away, at 20 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey District Hospital | 28 days | 0.0% | 83 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 40 days | 1.1% | 12094 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.9% | 36667 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
- Kempsey District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kempsey District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 28 | 23 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 29 | 26 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 39 | 27 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 38 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 43 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 37 | 27 |
| 2022–23 | 31 | 40 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 19 | 36 | 28 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 40 | 28 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Kempsey District Hospital · Dilatation and curettage across Australia · Dilatation and curettage in New South Wales