Nose and throat scope waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 359 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 Turvey Park 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
- 359 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 123 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 39.8%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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 329 days in 2020–21 to 359 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 50 days to 277 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 331 km away, at 162 days. Here, 39.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 18.7%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nasendoscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 359 days | 39.8% | 123 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 343 days | 25.5% | 314 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 61 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.
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 162 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 358 km away: 11 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 364 km away: 357 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 367 km away: 195 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 369 km away: 96 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 379 km away: 261 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 380 km away: 338 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 380 km away: 13 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 110 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 111 | 70 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 105 | 95 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 147 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 329 | 112 | 50 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 119 | 63 |
| 2022–23 | 146 | 153 | 116 |
| 2023–24 | 347 | 306 | 182 |
| 2024–25 | 359 | 343 | 277 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital · Nose and throat scope across Australia · Nose and throat scope in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales