Adenoid removal waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 180 days or less for adenoid removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Adenoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Lismore 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
- 180 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 70 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 52 days in 2016–17 to 180 days in 2024–25 — up 246% — while the national median rose from 84 days to 144 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 75 km away, at 99 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 180 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 274 days | 18.3% | 1412 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 68 days | 1.7% | 769 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 144 days | 15.5% | 3784 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 144 days marks the national median.
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 99 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 80 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 87 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 82 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 53 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 320 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 191 km away: 76 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 230 km away: 96 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 52 | 224 | 84 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 235 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 267 | 97 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 273 | 97 |
| 2020–21 | 137 | 314 | 207 |
| 2021–22 | 234 | 245 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 246 | 269 | 128 |
| 2023–24 | 220 | 293 | 148 |
| 2024–25 | 180 | 274 | 144 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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