Northern Region

From April – August 2022, the Department will contact patients waiting for an outpatient clinic appointment via SMS, with a link to an electronic form. This forms part of a routine audit to ensure patient details are up to date. If you receive this SMS, please update your details.

Waiting times as of 30 June 2022

Release date: 29 July 2022

Clinic Name Indicative waiting time in days*
Urgent Semi-Urgent Non-Urgent
Allied Health Paediatric Service 345 343 238
Cardiology Clinic 269 977 693
Colorectal Clinic 82 976 1414
Colposcopy Clinic 13 64 58
Diabetes Clinic 80 213 458
Diabetes Dietitian 147 890 53
Diabetes Paediatric Clinic 225 - -
Ear Nose & Throat Clinic 95 388 1547
Endocrine Clinic 136 110 245
Gastroenterology Clinic 319 1726 1945
General Medicine Clinic 100 686 474
General Surgery Clinic 101 976 1218
Gynaecology Clinic 1 128 462
Lung Boosters - Pulmonary Rehab 136 198 522
Neurology Clinic 280 985 1390
Neurosurgical Clinic 1325 - -
Nutrition & Dietetics 10 206 666
Nutrition & Dietetics - Paediatric 30 290 279
Orthopaedic Clinic 17 93 322
Outpatient Rehab Service 14 - -
Paediatric Clinic 51 189 284
Physiotherapy Hands 81 62 58
Physiotherapy Lymphoedema 166 92 -
Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal 46 56 74
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Outpatient 94 95 -
Physiotherapy Respiratory Outpatients 45 56 -
Physiotherapy Women's & Men's Health 58 51 -
Plastic Clinic 84 590 1481
Podiatry Services 16 80 48
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinic - 2316 -
Renal Clinic 142 873 1130
Respiratory Clinic 289 1408 2096
Smokers Clinic 53 - -
Speech Pathology Clinic 23 100 50
TAS Aboriginal Centre Paediatric Clinic (Offsite) 21 55 223
Urology Clinic 59 1037 1506
Vascular Clinic 204 680 1466
Wound Management Clinic 495 277 -

*This table is indicative only - the data shows the 75th per centile of time waiting for patients as of publication date of data.