Knee replacement waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital
Half of patients at Coffs Harbour Hospital waited 380 days or less for knee replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement". This public hospital is in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 380 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 210 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 54.8%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 115 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 346 days in 2011–12 to 380 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Grafton Base Hospital, about 73 km away, at 342 days. Here, 54.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour Hospital | 380 days | 54.8% | 210 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 342 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 408 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 347 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 169 km away: 300 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 187 km away: 412 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 224 km away: 323 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 242 km away: 97 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Coffs Harbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Coffs Harbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 346 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 323 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 302 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 312 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 322 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 331 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 323 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 310 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 357 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 462 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 349 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 413 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 408 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 380 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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