Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 312 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 Port Macquarie 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
- 312 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 263 days in 2016–17 to 312 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Coffs Harbour Hospital, about 128 km away, at 273 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 312 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 307 days | 23.6% | 377 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.
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 273 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 167 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 400 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 308 km away: 180 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 310 km away: 299 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 313 km away: 199 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 314 km away: 106 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 321 km away: 352 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 263 | 256 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 282 | 237 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | 307 | 213 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 367 | 246 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | 401 | 317 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 374 | 324 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 322 | 316 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 288 | 293 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 312 | 307 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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