Voice box scope surgery waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 16 days or less for voice box scope surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Microlaryngoscopy". This public hospital is in the Tweed Heads 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2018–19 to 16 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ipswich Hospital, about 99 km away, at 14 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Microlaryngoscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 16 days | not published | 26 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 3.1% | 976 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 28 days | 0.0% | 154 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 3.3% | 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.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 21 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 96 km away: 29 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 99 km away: 14 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 165 km away: 47 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 242 km away: 21 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
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 24 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 23 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 27 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 28 | 22 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021–22 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 22 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Voice box scope surgery across Australia · Voice box scope surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales