Surgery Waits

Nasendoscopy waiting time at Maitland Hospital

The median wait for nasendoscopy at this public hospital in the Telarah area of New South Wales was 352 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
352 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
22 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 305 days in 2016–17 to 352 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 0 days to 277 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 26 km away, at 192 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nasendoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Maitland Hospital352 daysnot published22 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)343 days25.5%314 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)277 days18.7%492 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 277 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nasendoscopy by financial year at Maitland Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Maitland Hospital 352NSW 343Australia 277
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nasendoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMaitland Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–173051100
2017–183911170
2018–1915910595
2019–2016114780
2020–2121711250
2021–2226311963
2022–23138153116
2023–24274306182
2024–25352343277

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

All surgery at Maitland Hospital · Nasendoscopy across Australia · Nasendoscopy in New South Wales