Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 147 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 78 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 25.6%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 99 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Lismore Base Hospital	147 days	25.6%	78 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	77 days	5.0%	2707 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	50 days	0.8%	1769 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	55 days	4.0%	8810 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.

Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 75 km away50 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 95 km away27 days
Warwick HospitalQLD · about 140 km away17 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 141 km away51 days
Ipswich HospitalQLD · about 142 km away69 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 148 km away35 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 149 km away135 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 153 km away81 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Lismore Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	41	56	42
2012–13	55	54	39
2013–14	47	60	43
2014–15	57	59	40
2015–16	52	62	42
2016–17	64	57	41
2017–18	64	63	46
2018–19	67	63	44
2019–20	38	59	44
2020–21	72	71	54
2021–22	190	59	48
2022–23	261	78	60
2023–24	279	75	58
2024–25	147	77	55

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) across Australia · Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) in New South Wales