Hip replacement waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Grafton area of New South Wales, 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: 213 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 83 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 18.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 87 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 129 days in 2012–13 to 213 days in 2024–25 — up 65% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 102 km away, at 177 days. Here, 18.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Total hip replacement” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital	213 days	18.1%	83 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	265 days	20.9%	4162 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	107 days	10.7%	1890 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 73 km away359 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 102 km away177 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 155 km away327 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 177 km away68 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 183 km away95 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 196 km away95 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 198 km away376 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 224 km away154 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Grafton Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	193	116
2012–13	129	196	116
2013–14	103	191	106
2014–15	110	206	109
2015–16	170	212	114
2016–17	202	217	110
2017–18	180	212	119
2018–19	246	220	119
2019–20	272	202	120
2020–21	111	271	179
2021–22	198	231	153
2022–23	168	244	175
2023–24	159	225	135
2024–25	213	265	130

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales