Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 302 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". 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
- 302 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 144 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 196 days in 2016–17 to 302 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, about 14 km away, at 113 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 302 days | not published | 35 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 10.8% | 2880 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 113 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 147 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 120 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 281 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 65 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 305 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 194 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 86 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 | 196 | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 174 | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 289 | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 247 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 236 | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 212 | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 309 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 302 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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