Elective surgery

Urological surgery for July 2011–June 2012

Waiting times provide an indication of access to elective surgery. The information presented here refers to the time spent on a waiting list by people who received elective surgery in this hospital between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

Waiting times for Urology surgery patients for this hospital were considered uncharacteristic when compared with other hospitals. This could reflect differing waiting list practices for patients awaiting ‘staged procedures’ (such as follow-up treatment after initial surgery, or the removal of pins or plates). The data reported may not be comparable to state-based reports which exclude apparently 'staged procedures'.

Median waiting times for elective surgery

The median waiting time is the number of days within which half of all patients at this hospital received their surgery.

All urological surgery

38 days compared to the national average of 27 days

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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	38 days	27 days
2010-11	36 days	28 days
2009-10	36 days	28 days

Cystoscopy

35 days compared to the national average of 25 days

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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	35 days	25 days
2010-11	35 days	25 days
2009-10	34 days	25 days

Prostatectomy

57 days compared to the national average of 42 days

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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	57 days	42 days
2010-11	78 days	47 days
2009-10	63 days	47 days

People waiting more than 365 days for elective surgery

This shows the percentage of people who received elective surgery at this hospital during the 2011-12 year who had been waiting for more than one year (365 days) for their surgery.

All urological surgery

1.8% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.2%

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Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	1.8%	1.2%
2010-11	1.4%	1.6%
2009-10	1.0%	1.7%

Cystoscopy

1.3% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.0%

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Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	1.3%	1.0%
2010-11	0.0%	1.3%
2009-10	0.5%	1.3%

Prostatectomy

6.7% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.7%

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Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year	This hospital	National average
2011-12	6.7%	1.7%
2010-11	12.9%	2.5%
2009-10	2.7%	2.9%

Number of elective surgeries

The following graph shows the number of admissions for elective surgery for patients on a waiting list managed by the hospital. It does not include people on the waiting list who were admitted for surgery on an emergency basis, or people who received elective surgery without being placed on the hospital's waiting list.

Surgical specialty	Number of surgeries
All urological surgery	337
Cystoscopy	235
Prostatectomy	45

This surgical specialty includes a range of procedures not listed here. Therefore the total number of elective surgeries may be larger than the number of specific procedures listed. In addition, procedures included on this page may be performed by surgeons in a different specialty in some hospitals.

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Number of elective surgeries for this hospital
Surgical specialty	Year	Number of surgeries
All urological surgery	2011-12	337
All urological surgery	2010-11	287
All urological surgery	2009-10	286
Cystoscopy	2011-12	235
Cystoscopy	2010-11	209
Cystoscopy	2009-10	187
Prostatectomy	2011-12	45
Prostatectomy	2010-11	31
Prostatectomy	2009-10	37