Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 44 days or less for bladder scope (cystoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cystoscopy". This public hospital is in the North Tamworth 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
- 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 132 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 40 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, about 177 km away, at 3 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 44 days | 0.0% | 132 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 1.7% | 20425 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 45 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 172 km away: 113 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 3 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 19 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 193 km away: 74 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 199 km away: 81 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 212 km away: 12 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 218 km away: 29 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 40 | 25 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 25 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 27 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | 38 | 29 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | 23 | 30 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 14 | 27 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 27 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 36 | 27 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 30 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 79 | 28 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 63 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 63 | 30 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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