Torn knee cartilage removal waiting time at Wollongong Hospital
Half of patients at Wollongong Hospital waited 297 days or less for torn knee cartilage removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Meniscectomy". This public hospital is in the Wollongong 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
- 297 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 330 days in 2016–17 to 297 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 50 days to 57 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fairfield Hospital, about 63 km away, at 272 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Meniscectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Hospital | 297 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 142 days | 7.9% | 164 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 35 days | 2.5% | 284 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 57 days | 3.6% | 561 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 57 days marks the national median.
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 63 km away: 272 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 83 km away: 36 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 91 km away: 228 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 502 km away: 277 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 638 km away: 26 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 650 km away: 31 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 650 km away: 30 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 650 km away: 31 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 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
- Wollongong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wollongong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 330 | 92 | 50 |
| 2017–18 | 296 | 91 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 257 | 99 | 51 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 98 | 62 |
| 2020–21 | 379 | 184 | 109 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 188 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | 292 | 230 | 97 |
| 2023–24 | 260 | 150 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 297 | 142 | 57 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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