Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 365 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 Turvey Park 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
- 365 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 39 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 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 184 days in 2020–21 to 365 days in 2024–25 — up 98% — while the national median fell from 182 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 167 km away, at 88 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 365 days | not published | 39 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 307 days | 23.6% | 377 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 110 days | 16.2% | 334 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.
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 88 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 336 km away: 348 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 373 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 352 km away: 352 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 359 km away: 62 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 359 km away: 180 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 361 km away: 352 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 367 km away: 45 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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 256 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 237 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 213 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 246 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | 184 | 317 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 346 | 324 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 411 | 316 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 370 | 293 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 365 | 307 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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