Total knee replacement waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement 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: 342 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 158 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 26.6%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 96 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 Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital	342 days	26.6%	158 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	340 days	31.3%	7172 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	266 days	21.5%	2712 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 73 km away380 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 102 km away300 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 155 km away347 days
Tweed Valley HospitalNSW · about 177 km away97 days
Robina HospitalQLD · about 183 km away338 days
Gold Coast University HospitalQLD · about 196 km away157 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 198 km away408 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 224 km away350 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 Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Grafton Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	236	303	184
2012–13	126	297	196
2013–14	102	290	194
2014–15	114	290	191
2015–16	202	290	188
2016–17	217	290	195
2017–18	199	281	198
2018–19	305	281	209
2019–20	293	296	223
2020–21	357	342	308
2021–22	348	337	293
2022–23	255	344	308
2023–24	301	321	265
2024–25	342	340	255

What is not here

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

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