Knee replacement waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
Half of patients at Port Macquarie Base Hospital waited 408 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 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
- 408 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 228 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 72.4%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 120 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 290 days in 2011–12 to 408 days in 2024–25 — up 41% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Coffs Harbour Hospital, about 128 km away, at 380 days. Here, 72.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 408 days | 72.4% | 228 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 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.
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 65 km away: 412 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 380 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 157 km away: 347 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 189 km away: 440 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 323 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 342 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 198 km away: 412 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 240 km away: 270 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 290 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 329 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 330 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 359 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 308 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 296 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 302 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 285 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 306 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 403 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 275 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 343 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 361 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 408 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Port Macquarie Base Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales