Tonsillectomy waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 259 days or less for tonsillectomy in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Tonsillectomy (with or without 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
- 259 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 41 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 114 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 69 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2011–12 to 259 days in 2024–25 — up 287% — while the national median rose from 98 days to 182 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 55 km away, at 99 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 259 days | not published | 41 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 322 days | 21.2% | 4896 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 4.9% | 3023 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 182 days | 17.0% | 16182 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 182 days marks the national median.
Murwillumbah District Hospital, NSW · about 55 km away: 99 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 109 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 266 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 278 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 76 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 148 km away: 56 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 149 km away: 293 days
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 150 km away: 80 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 67 | 221 | 98 |
| 2012–13 | 73 | 258 | 98 |
| 2013–14 | 85 | 233 | 99 |
| 2014–15 | 63 | 260 | 124 |
| 2015–16 | 93 | 253 | 120 |
| 2016–17 | 80 | 265 | 97 |
| 2017–18 | 67 | 293 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 195 | 303 | 125 |
| 2019–20 | 139 | 287 | 130 |
| 2020–21 | 319 | 326 | 253 |
| 2021–22 | 359 | 303 | 168 |
| 2022–23 | 441 | 306 | 174 |
| 2023–24 | 480 | 309 | 185 |
| 2024–25 | 259 | 322 | 182 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Tonsillectomy across Australia · Tonsillectomy in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales