Voice box scope surgery waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 21 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 Wollongong 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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.4%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 44 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 27 days in 2018–19 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 56 km away, at 20 days. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 3.3%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 21 days | 1.4% | 74 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 3.1% | 976 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.
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 56 km away: 44 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 72 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 20 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 72 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 37 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 23 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 11 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 8 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong 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 | 27 | 27 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 28 | 22 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 24 | 23 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 18 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 27 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 26 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Wollongong Hospital · Voice box scope surgery across Australia · Voice box scope surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales