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Tamworth Hospital

This is a public hospital

Address:
 31 Dean Street
Tamworth, NSW 2340
Phone: 02 6767 7700

Elective surgery

Orthopaedic surgery for July 2011–June 2012

Orthopaedic surgery focuses on bones and muscles (the musculoskeletal system). It includes the repair of broken bones and injuries to ligaments and tendons, investigation and repair of damaged joints, and treatment of conditions such as bone and soft tissue tumours, cerebral palsy, back pain and skeletal deformities. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of elective orthopaedic surgery overall, as well as two common procedures: hip replacement and knee replacement. In these procedures, a diseased or damaged joint is removed and replaced with an artificial one.

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.

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 orthopaedics

85 days compared to the national average of 64 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 85 days 64 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 79 days 64 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2009-10 67 days 62 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average

Total hip replacement

120 days compared to the national average of 116 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 120 days 116 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2010-11 86 days 108 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 79 days 116 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Total knee replacement

254 days compared to the national average of 184 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 254 days 184 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 286 days 173 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2009-10 193 days 180 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average

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 orthopaedics

9.1% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 5.5%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
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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 9.1% 5.5% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 6.8% 6.2% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2009-10 2.7% 7.9% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Total hip replacement

11.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 7.2%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
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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 11.0% 7.2% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 3.6% 7.6% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 1.6% 11.1% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Total knee replacement

18.3% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 11.6%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
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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 18.3% 11.6% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2010-11 8.1% 12.6% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 8.0% 18.1% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

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 orthopaedics 684
Total hip replacement 82
Total knee replacement 169
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.
Number of elective surgeries for this hospital
Surgical specialty Year Number of surgeries
All orthopaedics 2011-12 684
All orthopaedics 2010-11 558
All orthopaedics 2009-10 482
Total hip replacement 2011-12 82
Total hip replacement 2010-11 56
Total hip replacement 2009-10 64
Total knee replacement 2011-12 169
Total knee replacement 2010-11 123
Total knee replacement 2009-10 112
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