Northern Region

The Department will periodically contact patients waiting for an outpatient clinic appointment via SMS, with a link to an electronic form.  This is part of routine waitlist auditing to ensure patient details are up to date.  If you receive this SMS, please update your details.

Waiting times as of 31 October 2023

Release date: 24 November 2023

Clinic Name Indicative waiting time in days*
Urgent Semi-Urgent Non-Urgent
Allied Health Paediatric Service 177 115 93
Cardiology Clinic 113 664 645
Colorectal Clinic 184 995 1463
Colposcopy Clinic 2 83 169
Diabetes Clinic 217 261 281
Diabetes Dietitian 74 158 -
Diabetes Paediatric Clinic 271 - 162
Ear Nose & Throat Clinic 54 293 1567
Endocrine Clinic 89 135 129
Gastroenterology Clinic 315 1522 926
General Medicine Clinic 85 220 985
General Surgery Clinic 44 639 1102
Gynaecology Clinic 27 131 434
Lung Boosters - Pulmonary Rehab 157 162 328
Neurology Clinic 408 1000 1711
Neurosurgical Clinic 175 91 -
Nutrition & Dietetics - 359 -
Orthopaedic Clinic 12 119 297
Outpatient Rehab Service 21 9 -
Paediatric Clinic 32 152 457
Physiotherapy Hands 61 12 76
Physiotherapy Lymphoedema 191 236 280
Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal 19 36 51
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Outpatient 24 54 -
Physiotherapy Respiratory Outpatients 83 70 -
Physiotherapy Women's & Men's Health 130 69 154
Plastic Clinic 27 329 1205
Podiatry Services 106 93 99
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinic 220 913 -
Renal Clinic 37 80 494
Respiratory Clinic 80 1127 1936
Smokers Clinic 41 - -
Speech Pathology Clinic 66 133 -
TAS Aboriginal Centre Paediatric Clinic (Offsite) 29 126 148
Urology Clinic 78 1128 1707
Vascular Clinic 418 797 1481
Wound Management Clinic 589 127 106

*This table is indicative only - the data shows the 75th per centile of time waiting for patients. Clinic data may be reviewed to improve accuracy.