Surgery Waits

Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Ballina District Hospital

The median wait for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage" — at this public hospital in the South Ballina area of New South Wales was 58 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
58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 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 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 140 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 58 days in 2024–25 — up 107% — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 27 km away, at 41 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Ballina District Hospital58 daysnot published23 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)40 days1.1%12094 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)28 days0.5%7886 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)28 days0.9%36667 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage by financial year at Ballina District Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Ballina District Hospital 58NSW 40Australia 28
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBallina District Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17282823
2017–18232926
2018–19313927
2019–20253828
2020–21214329
2021–22143727
2022–23214028
2023–24283628
2024–25584028

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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