Nose and throat scope waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for nose and throat scope in Australian public hospitals was 277 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 11 days at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] to 359 days at Wagga Wagga Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Nasendoscopy".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for nose and throat scope in public hospitals was 277 days in 2024–25, from 492 surgeries. 18.7% of people waited more than 365 days. 14 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 277 days marks the national median.
Queensland: 71 days
New South Wales: 343 days
South Australia: not published
Victoria: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queensland | 71 days | 2.8% | 108 surgeries |
| 2 | New South Wales | 343 days | 25.5% | 314 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | Victoria | not published | not published | 61 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near St Leonards.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 34 | 111 |
| 2018–19 | 95 | 197 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 80 | 79 | 147 |
| 2020–21 | 50 | 11 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | 63 | 57 | 119 |
| 2022–23 | 116 | 82 | 153 |
| 2023–24 | 182 | 74 | 306 |
| 2024–25 | 277 | 71 | 343 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for nose and throat scope in a public hospital?
The national median was 277 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 71 days in Queensland to 343 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for nose and throat scope?
Of the 14 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] reported the shortest median, 11 days, and Wagga Wagga Hospital the longest, 359 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
18.7% of people who had nose and throat scope in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for nose and throat scope in Australian public hospitals was 277 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Nose and throat scope waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nasendoscopy/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/nasendoscopy/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/nasendoscopy.svg" width="720" height="216" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Nose and throat scope by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.