Surgery Waits

Carotid endarterectomy waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

The median wait for carotid endarterectomy at this public hospital in the Lismore area of New South Wales was 22 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
33 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 27 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 18 days in 2018–19 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 22% — while the national median rose from 19 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 148 km away, at 12 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Carotid endarterectomy" 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 Carotid endarterectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital22 daysnot published33 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)23 days0.3%355 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)13 days0.0%144 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.6%702 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

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

Median wait for carotid endarterectomy by financial year at Lismore Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lismore Base Hospital 22NSW 23Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Carotid endarterectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLismore Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot reported for this period11
2017–18not reported for this periodnot reported for this period13
2018–19182019
2019–20282117
2020–21302320
2021–22242116
2022–23292318
2023–24162118
2024–25222320

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

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