Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 81 days or less for Dupuytren's contracture surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Dupytren's contracture release". 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
- 81 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2016–17 to 81 days in 2024–25 — up 62% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Dupytren's contracture release" 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 | 81 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 329 days | 27.7% | 589 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 139 days | 13.8% | 318 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 395 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 91 km away: 105 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 81 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 183 km away: 347 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 196 km away: 344 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 199 km away: 279 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 235 km away: 223 days
Redland Hospital, QLD · about 239 km away: 112 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 | 50 | 213 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | 114 | 214 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 121 | 234 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 105 | 257 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 93 | 313 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 311 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 317 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 321 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 81 | 329 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Dupuytren's contracture surgery across Australia · Dupuytren's contracture surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales