Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at Young Hospital
Half of patients at Young Hospital waited 71 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 Young 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 80 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.5%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 120 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2011–12 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 255% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 66 km away, at 28 days. Here, 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Hospital | 71 days | 2.5% | 80 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.
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 66 km away: 28 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 31 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 134 km away: 2 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 156 km away: 1 day
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 206 km away: 26 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 220 km away: 4 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 226 km away: 12 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 232 km away: 31 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Young Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Young Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 20 | 25 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 35 | 25 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 27 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | 19 | 29 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 30 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 22 | 27 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 9 | 27 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 54 | 27 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 43 | 30 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 28 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 31 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 65 | 30 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 34 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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