Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Murwillumbah District Hospital
Half of patients at Murwillumbah District Hospital waited 111 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the South Murwillumbah 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
- 111 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 292 days in 2016–17 to 111 days in 2024–25 — down 62% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 41 km away, at 81 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murwillumbah District Hospital | 111 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 310 days | 19.6% | 922 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 6.5% | 107 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 340 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 41 km away: 81 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 100 km away: 129 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 100 km away: 87 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 377 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
- Murwillumbah District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Murwillumbah District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 292 | 292 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 263 | 306 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 305 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 286 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 135 | 293 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 290 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 340 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 318 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 111 | 310 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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