Hip replacement waiting time at Port Macquarie 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 Port Macquarie 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: 376 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 155 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 53.5%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 121 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 246 days in 2011–12 to 376 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Manning Hospital, about 65 km away, at 354 days. Here, 53.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	376 days	53.5%	155 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	265 days	20.9%	4162 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.

Manning HospitalNSW · about 65 km away354 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 128 km away359 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 157 km away327 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 189 km away354 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 190 km away279 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 198 km away213 days
John Hunter HospitalNSW · about 198 km away409 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 240 km away105 days

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

How the wait has changed

Port Macquarie Base Hospital
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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	Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	246	193	116
2012–13	238	196	116
2013–14	295	191	106
2014–15	350	206	109
2015–16	286	212	114
2016–17	284	217	110
2017–18	300	212	119
2018–19	275	220	119
2019–20	275	202	120
2020–21	386	271	179
2021–22	195	231	153
2022–23	329	244	175
2023–24	353	225	135
2024–25	376	265	130

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

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