Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 86 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". 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
- 86 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 83 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 49 days in 2016–17 to 86 days in 2024–25 — up 76% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casino and District Memorial Hospital, about 91 km away, at 73 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" 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 | 86 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 10.8% | 2880 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 7.7% | 1582 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 281 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 91 km away: 73 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 110 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 65 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 147 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 50 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 183 km away: 80 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 196 km away: 83 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 | 49 | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 44 | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 43 | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 59 | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 135 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 87 | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 91 | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 108 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 86 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales