Knee replacement waiting time at Lismore Base Hospital
Half of patients at Lismore Base Hospital waited 300 days or less for knee replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement". This public hospital is in the Lismore 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
- 300 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 179 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 19.6%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 75 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 308 days in 2011–12 to 300 days in 2024–25 — down 3% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 75 km away, at 97 days. Here, 19.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee replacement" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lismore Base Hospital | 300 days | 19.6% | 179 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 266 days | 21.5% | 2712 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.
Tweed Valley Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 97 days
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 82 km away: 338 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 95 km away: 157 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 342 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 127 km away: 350 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 141 km away: 337 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 142 km away: 179 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 148 km away: 136 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
- Lismore Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lismore Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 308 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 295 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 305 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 314 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 337 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 336 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 347 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 357 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 375 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 487 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 396 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 473 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 417 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 300 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Lismore Base Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales