Arthroscopy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Arthroscopy, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Arthroscopy in public hospitals was 78 days in 2024–25, from 8779 surgeries. 7.1% of people waited more than 365 days. 150 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Arthroscopy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	48 days	4.2%	1804 surgeries
2	South Australia	62 days	3.7%	1061 surgeries
3	Tasmania	70 days	3.0%	271 surgeries
4	Western Australia	75 days	5.1%	1045 surgeries
5	Queensland	79 days	7.7%	1582 surgeries
6	Northern Territory	81 days	12.5%	136 surgeries
7	New South Wales	134 days	10.8%	2880 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
SA
TAS

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Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	SA (days)	TAS (days)
2016–17	68	41	56	78
2017–18	72	48	54	61
2018–19	75	45	56	83
2019–20	76	51	65	111
2020–21	89	64	41	182
2021–22	85	64	57	105
2022–23	86	74	45	70
2023–24	78	63	50	75
2024–25	78	48	62	70

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.