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 31 August 2022

Release date: 30 September 2022

Clinic Name Indicative waiting time in days*
Urgent Semi-Urgent Non-Urgent
Allied Health Paediatric Service 386 197 165
Cardiology Clinic 331 999 745
Colorectal Clinic 33 1026 1534
Colposcopy Clinic 20 28 48
Diabetes Clinic 105 243 427
Diabetes Dietitian 137 503 88
Diabetes Paediatric Clinic 287 24 -
Ear Nose & Throat Clinic 85 426 1568
Endocrine Clinic 226 90 223
Gastroenterology Clinic 344 1742 2019
General Medicine Clinic 68 772 537
General Surgery Clinic 98 995 1184
Gynaecology Clinic 16 86 516
Lung Boosters - Pulmonary Rehab 141 208 584
Neurology Clinic 317 1030 1451
Nutrition & Dietetics - Paediatric 43 190 178
Orthopaedic Clinic 21 106 311
Outpatient Rehab Service 10 - -
Paediatric Clinic 19 143 321
Physiotherapy Hands 42 33 11
Physiotherapy Lymphoedema 170 78 -
Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal 10 30 49
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Outpatient 78 7 -
Physiotherapy Respiratory Outpatients 22 63 -
Physiotherapy Women's & Men's Health 47 71 77
Plastic Clinic 37 618 1531
Podiatry Services 15 56 63
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinic - 2378 -
Renal Clinic 266 736 1182
Respiratory Clinic 300 1382 1926
Smokers Clinic 57 - -
Speech Pathology Clinic 27 112 -
TAS Aboriginal Centre Paediatric Clinic (Offsite) 19 80 305
Urology Clinic 84 1080 1555
Vascular Clinic 39 714 1466
Wound Management Clinic 592 339 -

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