Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta
Half of patients at Northeast Health Wangaratta waited 88 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the Wangaratta area of Victoria.
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
- 88 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 85 days in 2021–22 to 88 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median fell from 185 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 192 km away, at 62 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 88 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 307 days | 23.6% | 377 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 110 days | 16.2% | 334 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 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.
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 167 km away: 365 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 192 km away: 62 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 200 km away: 45 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 201 km away: 57 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 201 km away: 177 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 204 km away: 10 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 205 km away: 138 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 206 km away: 297 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
- Northeast Health Wangaratta
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northeast Health Wangaratta (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 60 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 69 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 64 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 55 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 71 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 85 | 113 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 180 | 147 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 125 | 123 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 88 | 110 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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