Surgery Waits

Microlaryngoscopy waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital

The median wait for microlaryngoscopy at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 23 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
23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.7%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 44 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2018–19 to 23 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 0 km away, at 11 days. Here, 1.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Microlaryngoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Prince of Wales Hospital23 days1.7%60 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)26 days3.1%976 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days3.3%1915 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for microlaryngoscopy by financial year at Prince of Wales Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0102030402016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Prince of Wales Hospital 23NSW 26Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Microlaryngoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPrince of Wales Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period24
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period23
2018–19152725
2019–20232822
2020–21192423
2021–22132121
2022–23192322
2023–24322726
2024–25232626

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

All surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital · Microlaryngoscopy across Australia · Microlaryngoscopy in New South Wales