Muswellbrook Hospital surgery waiting times
In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Muswellbrook area of New South Wales published median waits from 17 days for dilatation and curettage to 75 days for hernia repair.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Muswellbrook Hospital is a public hospital in the Muswellbrook area of New South Wales. It is part of Hunter New England. It reported 16 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 22 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
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Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 17 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 20 days | 127 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 53 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 57 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 62 days | 261 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Herniorrhaphy | 75 days | 18 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Diathermy of wart/s | not published | not published | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Examination of eye under anaesthesia last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Female sterilisation last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Ganglion - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tendon release last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trigger finger/thumb release last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 13 days | 99% | 97 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 54 days | 100% | 236 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 74 days | 100% | 167 surgeries |
Cite this page
In 2024–25, Muswellbrook Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 17 days for dilatation and curettage to 75 days for hernia repair.
Copy-ready citation
Surgery Waits, "Muswellbrook Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/muswellbrook-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/muswellbrook-hospital/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.