Knee replacement waiting time at Griffith Base Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Griffith 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
- 141 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 554 days in 2022–23 to 141 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — while the national median fell from 308 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], about 239 km away, at 71 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Total knee 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Base Hospital | 141 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 14.9% | 3839 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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
- Griffith Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Griffith Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 554 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 162 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 141 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Griffith Base Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales