Nose and throat scope waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 338 days or less for nose and throat scope in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nasendoscopy". This public hospital is in the St Leonards 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
- 338 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 305 days in 2016–17 to 338 days in 2024–25 — up 11% — while the national median rose from 0 days to 277 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 12 km away, at 13 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 338 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 343 days | 25.5% | 314 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 277 days | 18.7% | 492 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 277 days marks the national median.
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 13 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 261 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 18 km away: 357 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 162 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 192 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 126 km away: 352 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 305 | 110 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 271 | 111 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | 341 | 105 | 95 |
| 2019–20 | 343 | 147 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 193 | 112 | 50 |
| 2021–22 | 361 | 119 | 63 |
| 2022–23 | 418 | 153 | 116 |
| 2023–24 | 367 | 306 | 182 |
| 2024–25 | 338 | 343 | 277 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Nose and throat scope across Australia · Nose and throat scope in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales