Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 33 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
33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
241 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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2011–12 to 33 days in 2024–25 — up 65% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 22 km away, at 27 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" 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 Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital33 days0.0%241 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)34 days1.7%20425 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)30 days1.1%7577 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%57307 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 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 cystoscopy by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0102030402011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 33NSW 34Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cystoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodTweed Valley Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12202525
2012–13162523
2013–14122723
2014–15162922
2015–16123023
2016–17172724
2017–1862824
2018–19122724
2019–20102723
2020–21203026
2021–22282824
2022–23273126
2023–24303025
2024–25333426

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

All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Cystoscopy across Australia · Cystoscopy in New South Wales