Surgery Waits

Arthrodesis waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Grafton area of New South Wales was 167 days in 2024–25.

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

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.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Grafton Base Hospital167 daysnot published13 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)307 days23.6%377 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at Grafton Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Grafton Base Hospital 167NSW 307Australia 158
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodGrafton Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published256101
2017–18not published237105
2018–19not published213111
2019–20not published246107
2020–21not published317182
2021–22not published324185
2022–23not published316203
2023–24406293171
2024–25167307158

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Arthrodesis across Australia · Arthrodesis in New South Wales