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North Canberra Hospital surgery waiting times

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

North Canberra Hospital is a public hospital in Australian Capital Territory. It reported 13 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.

Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.

Planned surgery at North Canberra Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Surgery Median wait Surgeries Waited more than 365 days
Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) 87 days 44 surgeries not published
Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) 136 days 24 surgeries not published
Total hip replacement 168 days 31 surgeries not published
Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy 191 days 130 surgeries 17.7%
Septoplasty 317 days 55 surgeries 41.8%
Total knee replacement 446 days 62 surgeries 83.9%
Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) not published not published not published
Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) not published not published not published
Cystoscopy not published not published not published
Haemorrhoidectomy not published 5 surgeries not published
Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty not published not published not published
Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) not published not published not published
Varicose veins treatment not published not published not published

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.

All planned surgery at North Canberra Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.
Urgency category Median wait Treated within the recommended time Surgeries
Urgent 24 days 66% 2811 surgeries
Semi-urgent 69 days 69% 2176 surgeries
Non-urgent 238 days 73% 2260 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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