Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at Armidale Hospital
Half of patients at Armidale Hospital waited 45 days or less for bladder scope (cystoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cystoscopy". This public hospital is in the Armidale area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 45 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 46 days in 2016–17 to 45 days in 2024–25 — down 2% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tamworth Hospital, about 94 km away, at 44 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armidale Hospital | 45 days | 0.0% | 63 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 1.7% | 20425 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 44 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 25 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 147 km away: 3 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 19 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 173 km away: 113 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 227 km away: 30 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 246 km away: 74 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 247 km away: 44 days
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 25 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 25 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 27 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 29 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 30 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 46 | 27 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 46 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 71 | 27 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 68 | 27 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 101 | 30 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 69 | 28 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 70 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 30 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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