Prostate biopsy waiting time at Orange Health Service
The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the Spring Creek area of New South Wales was 29 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 133 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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 3 days in 2016–17 to 29 days in 2024–25 — up 867% — while the national median rose from 27 days to 33 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 29 days | 0.0% | 133 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 38 days | 0.1% | 3466 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.4% | 11402 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
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 3 | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | 7 | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 12 | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 12 | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 23 | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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