Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital
Half of patients at Royal North Shore Hospital waited 92 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 St Leonards 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
- 92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 44 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 87 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 61% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal North Shore Hospital | 92 days | not published | 44 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 7 km away: 45 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 7 km away: 76 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 302 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 83 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 236 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 188 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 66 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 179 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal North Shore Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 57 | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 66 | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 83 | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 74 | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 36 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 32 | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 57 | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 75 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 92 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales