Surgery Waits

Circumcision waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the Lismore area of New South Wales was 135 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
135 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 73 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2018–19 to 135 days in 2024–25 — up 350% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballina District Hospital, about 27 km away, at 92 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Circumcision" 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 Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital135 daysnot published15 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)94 days11.4%1036 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)81 days7.9%595 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)80 days9.1%3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 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 circumcision by financial year at Lismore Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Lismore Base Hospital 135NSW 94Australia 80
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Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodLismore Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published7560
2017–18not published7057
2018–19307360
2019–20157863
2020–2115110085
2021–221368884
2022–233139795
2023–24not published10478
2024–251359480

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

All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Circumcision across Australia · Circumcision in New South Wales