Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at Northern Beaches Hospital

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Frenchs Forest area of New South Wales was 56 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
56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
304 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 110 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2018–19 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 133% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, about 16 km away, at 14 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Northern Beaches Hospital56 days0.0%304 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)34 days1.7%20425 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cystoscopy by financial year at Northern Beaches Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0193856752011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Northern Beaches Hospital 56NSW 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 periodNorthern Beaches Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period2525
2012–13not reported for this period2523
2013–14not reported for this period2723
2014–15not reported for this period2922
2015–16not reported for this period3023
2016–17not reported for this period2724
2017–18not reported for this period2824
2018–19242724
2019–20442723
2020–21363026
2021–22392824
2022–23503126
2023–24563025
2024–25563426

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

All surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital · Cystoscopy across Australia · Cystoscopy in New South Wales