Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital
Half of patients at Grafton Base Hospital waited 176 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 176 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 47 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 198 days in 2017–18 to 176 days in 2024–25 — down 11% — while the national median rose from 152 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Lismore Base Hospital, about 102 km away, at 174 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Base Hospital | 176 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 325 days | 30.9% | 912 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 123 days | 17.0% | 352 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 417 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 174 days
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 35 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 183 km away: 123 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 196 km away: 94 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 372 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 229 km away: 339 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 235 km away: 305 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 | 271 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 198 | 254 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 270 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 279 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 346 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 335 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 201 | 346 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 265 | 311 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 176 | 325 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales