Meniscectomy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Meniscectomy, 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 Meniscectomy in public hospitals was 57 days in 2024–25, from 561 surgeries. 3.6% of people waited more than 365 days. 14 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 57 days marks the national median.

Victoria35 days
New South Wales142 days
Queenslandnot published
South Australianot published
Western Australianot published

Meniscectomy 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	35 days	2.5%	284 surgeries
2	New South Wales	142 days	7.9%	164 surgeries
unranked	Queensland	not published	not published	48 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	62 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
NSW

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Median wait in days for Meniscectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	50	41	92
2017–18	56	41	91
2018–19	51	29	99
2019–20	62	31	98
2020–21	109	67	184
2021–22	89	47	188
2022–23	97	52	230
2023–24	69	41	150
2024–25	57	35	142

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.