Arthroscopy waiting time at Kempsey District 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: 147 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 32 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 120 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
Kempsey District Hospital	147 days	not published	32 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	134 days	10.8%	2880 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.

Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 43 km away302 days
Wauchope District Memorial HospitalNSW · about 44 km away113 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 87 km away281 days
Manning HospitalNSW · about 100 km away120 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 127 km away65 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 155 km away86 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 181 km away194 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 220 km away305 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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	Kempsey District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	219	140	68
2017–18	138	121	72
2018–19	120	126	75
2019–20	87	113	76
2020–21	123	183	89
2021–22	158	156	85
2022–23	143	131	86
2023–24	180	105	78
2024–25	147	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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