Prostate biopsy waiting time at Murwillumbah District Hospital
The median wait for prostate biopsy at this public hospital in the South Murwillumbah area of New South Wales was 35 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
- 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 67 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2021–22 to 35 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 28 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, about 92 km away, at 34 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murwillumbah District Hospital | 35 days | 0.0% | 67 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
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
- Murwillumbah District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Murwillumbah District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 32 | 27 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 33 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 30 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 28 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 29 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 39 | 28 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 34 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 39 | 34 | 29 |
| 2024–25 | 35 | 38 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Murwillumbah District Hospital · Prostate biopsy across Australia · Prostate biopsy in New South Wales