Arthroscopy waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Arthroscopy 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: 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 43 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 83 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 Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital	86 days	not published	43 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	134 days	10.8%	2880 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	79 days	7.7%	1582 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 73 km away281 days
Casino and District Memorial HospitalNSW · about 91 km away73 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 102 km away110 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 155 km away65 days
Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 155 km away147 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 177 km away50 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 183 km away80 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 196 km away83 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

Grafton Base Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Grafton Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	49	140	68
2017–18	44	121	72
2018–19	43	126	75
2019–20	59	113	76
2020–21	135	183	89
2021–22	87	156	85
2022–23	91	131	86
2023–24	108	105	78
2024–25	86	134	78

What is not here

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

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