Surgery Waits

Microlaryngoscopy waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for microlaryngoscopy at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 16 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Microlaryngoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital16 daysnot published26 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)26 days3.1%976 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)28 days0.0%154 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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for microlaryngoscopy by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 16NSW 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 periodTweed Valley 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
2018–19142725
2019–20632822
2020–21202423
2021–22222121
2022–23222322
2023–24282726
2024–25162626

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

All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Microlaryngoscopy across Australia · Microlaryngoscopy in New South Wales