Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Armidale Hospital
The median wait for dialysis access surgery at this public hospital in the Armidale area of New South Wales was 16 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 24 days in 2018–19 to 16 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tamworth Hospital, about 94 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale Hospital | 16 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 10 days | 0.3% | 1797 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 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
- Armidale Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Armidale Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 8 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 8 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 10 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 9 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 10 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 11 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 10 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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