Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 356 days or less for turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Turbinectomy". This public hospital is in the Condell Park 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
- 356 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 34.6%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 309 days in 2020–21 to 356 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median fell from 274 days to 269 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 7 km away, at 354 days. Here, 34.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Turbinectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 356 days | 34.6% | 52 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 320 days | 16.5% | 206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 269 days | 23.6% | 932 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 269 days marks the national median.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 354 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 281 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 15 km away: 365 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 21 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 307 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 310 | 100 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 322 | 172 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 307 | 140 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 286 | 168 |
| 2020–21 | 309 | 316 | 274 |
| 2021–22 | 373 | 346 | 266 |
| 2022–23 | 405 | 331 | 313 |
| 2023–24 | 319 | 322 | 286 |
| 2024–25 | 356 | 320 | 269 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital · Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) across Australia · Turbinate surgery (inside the nose) in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales