Arthroscopy waiting time at Wagga Wagga 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: 337 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 21.2%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 149 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
Wagga Wagga Hospital	337 days	21.2%	99 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	134 days	10.8%	2880 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	48 days	4.2%	1804 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 121 km away55 days
Griffith Base HospitalNSW · about 152 km away122 days
Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 167 km away49 days
Queanbeyan HospitalNSW · about 172 km away31 days
Cooma Hospital and Health ServiceNSW · about 203 km away54 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 219 km away79 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 224 km away40 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

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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	Wagga Wagga Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	227	140	68
2017–18	295	121	72
2018–19	183	126	75
2019–20	115	113	76
2020–21	285	183	89
2021–22	175	156	85
2022–23	171	131	86
2023–24	263	105	78
2024–25	337	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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