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 March 2022

Release date: 29 April 2022

Clinic Name Indicative waiting time in days*
Urgent Semi-Urgent Non-Urgent
Allied Health Paediatric Service 257 308 147
Cardiology Clinic 243 941 626
Colorectal Clinic 53 940 1327
Colposcopy Clinic 12 43 30
Diabetes Clinic 193 183 372
Diabetes Dietitian 46 905 497
Diabetes Paediatric Clinic 134 119 -
Ear Nose & Throat Clinic 152 306 1494
Endocrine Clinic 145 159 291
Gastroenterology Clinic 281 1623 1820
General Medicine Clinic 298 766 428
General Surgery Clinic 107 896 1173
Gynaecology Clinic 23 220 568
Lung Boosters - Pulmonary Rehab 45 185 442
Neurology Clinic 277 942 1304
Neurosurgical Clinic 1647 - -
Nutrition & Dietetics - 141 916
Nutrition & Dietetics - Paediatric 47 251 354
Orthopaedic Clinic 13 142 316
Outpatient Rehab Service 16 - -
Paediatric Clinic 135 128 245
Physiotherapy Hands 12 14 -
Physiotherapy Lymphoedema 87 57 -
Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal 24 14 9
Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Outpatient 91 42 11
Physiotherapy Respiratory Outpatients 74 126 -
Physiotherapy Women's & Men's Health 39 176 208
Plastic Clinic 23 519 1366
Podiatry Services 236 331 43
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinic 28 2225 -
Renal Clinic 113 918 1037
Respiratory Clinic 238 1275 1967
Smokers Clinic 164 - -
Speech Pathology Clinic 30 107 194
TAS Aboriginal Centre Paediatric Clinic (Offsite) - 78 152
Urology Clinic 43 978 1409
Vascular Clinic 63 654 1316
Wound Management Clinic 415 226 -

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