Arthroscopy waiting time at Sydney Children's 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: 188 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 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 126 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
Sydney Children's Hospital	188 days	not published	14 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.

Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 0 km away66 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 4 km away45 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & OrthopaedicsNSW · about 6 km away76 days
St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 11 km away279 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 12 km away92 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away179 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 16 km away83 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 18 km away83 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	Sydney Children's Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	140	68
2017–18	not published	121	72
2018–19	33	126	75
2019–20	not published	113	76
2020–21	not published	183	89
2021–22	not published	156	85
2022–23	not published	131	86
2023–24	77	105	78
2024–25	188	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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