Curettage and evacuation of uterus waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
The median wait for curettage and evacuation of uterus at this public hospital in the Wollongong area of New South Wales was 2 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
- 2 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 198 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 81 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 1 day in 2018–19 to 2 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median fell from 5 days to 4 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 0.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 2 days | 0.0% | 198 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 7 days | 0.3% | 2397 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.1% | 8500 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
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 3 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 3 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 2019–20 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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