Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at St George Hospital NSW
Half of patients at St George Hospital NSW waited 279 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 Kogarah 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
- 279 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 141 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 207 days in 2023–24 to 279 days in 2024–25 — up 35% — while the national median stayed at 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 6 km away, at 179 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St George Hospital NSW | 279 days | not published | 12 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.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 179 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 83 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 10 km away: 76 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 234 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 188 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 66 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 13 km away: 45 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 83 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St George Hospital NSW
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St George Hospital NSW (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 207 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 279 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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