Surgery Waits

Microlaryngoscopy waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for microlaryngoscopy at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 10 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
10 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
48 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 44 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2018–19 to 10 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 8 km away, at 8 days.

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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
Royal North Shore Hospital10 daysnot published48 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 Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 10NSW 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 periodRoyal North Shore 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
2018–19172725
2019–2082822
2020–21162423
2021–22142121
2022–23112322
2023–24252726
2024–25102626

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

All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Microlaryngoscopy across Australia · Microlaryngoscopy in New South Wales