Prostate biopsy waiting time at Ballina District Hospital

The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the South Ballina area of New South Wales was 65 days in 2024–25.

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: 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 90 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 27 km away, at 39 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Prostate biopsy" 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 Prostate biopsy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballina District Hospital	65 days	0.0%	60 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	38 days	0.1%	3466 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	32 days	0.1%	1642 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	33 days	0.4%	11402 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.

Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 27 km away39 days
Murwillumbah District HospitalNSW · about 62 km away35 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 76 km away37 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 154 km away34 days
Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 159 km away32 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 160 km away18 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 162 km away114 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 166 km away38 days

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

Ballina District Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Prostate biopsy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballina District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	32	27
2017–18	not reported for this period	33	29
2018–19	not reported for this period	30	29
2019–20	not reported for this period	28	28
2020–21	not reported for this period	29	29
2021–22	not reported for this period	28	28
2022–23	not reported for this period	34	30
2023–24	not published	34	29
2024–25	65	38	33

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

All surgery at Ballina District Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in New South Wales