Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 167 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the Grafton 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
- 167 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 25 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 406 days in 2023–24 to 167 days in 2024–25 — down 59% — while the national median fell from 171 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Robina Hospital, about 183 km away, at 130 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Base Hospital | 167 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 307 days | 23.6% | 377 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 19.9% | 562 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 1563 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 273 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 183 km away: 130 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 196 km away: 128 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 312 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 224 km away: 119 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 229 km away: 218 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 239 km away: 119 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 242 km away: 82 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Grafton Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Grafton Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 256 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 237 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 213 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 246 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 317 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 324 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 316 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 406 | 293 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 167 | 307 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Joint fusion surgery across Australia · Joint fusion surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales