Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Lismore area of New South Wales was 44 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
383 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
4.2%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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 120% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casino and District Memorial Hospital, about 25 km away, at 30 days. Here, 4.2% 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital44 days4.2%383 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)34 days1.7%20425 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)30 days1.1%7577 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cystoscopy by financial year at Lismore Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Lismore Base Hospital 44NSW 34Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cystoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLismore Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12202525
2012–13102523
2013–1452723
2014–15132922
2015–16173023
2016–17152724
2017–18272824
2018–19122724
2019–20182723
2020–21283026
2021–22412824
2022–23363126
2023–24603025
2024–25443426

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Cystoscopy across Australia · Cystoscopy in New South Wales