Surgery Waits

Nasal cautery waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for nasal cautery at this public hospital in the Port Macquarie area of New South Wales, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

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

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nasal cautery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospitalnot publishednot publishednot published
New South Wales (all public hospitals)not publishednot published27 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days3.2%124 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Port Macquarie Base Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for nasal cautery by financial year at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays02550751002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Australia 26
  • Port Macquarie Base Hospital
  • NSW
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Nasal cautery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPort Macquarie Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this periodnot publishednot published
2017–18not reported for this periodnot published61
2018–19not publishednot published70
2019–20not publishednot published80
2020–21not reported for this periodnot published59
2021–22not reported for this periodnot published37
2022–23not reported for this periodnot published29
2023–24not reported for this periodnot published61
2024–25not publishednot published26

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