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Joint fusion surgery waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for joint fusion surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 307 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 158 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

48 public hospitals in New South Wales reported joint fusion surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

35 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Arthrodesis in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Prince of Wales Hospital 106 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Grafton Base Hospital 167 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Hawkesbury Hospital 180 days not published 19 surgeries
4 Concord Repatriation Hospital 199 days not published 25 surgeries
5 Coffs Harbour Hospital 273 days not published 19 surgeries
6 Ryde Hospital 299 days not published 18 surgeries
7 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 312 days not published 29 surgeries
8 Campbelltown Hospital 348 days not published 14 surgeries
9 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 352 days not published 10 surgeries
9 Mount Druitt Hospital 352 days not published 10 surgeries
11 Wagga Wagga Hospital 365 days not published 39 surgeries
12 Dubbo Hospital 373 days not published 14 surgeries
13 John Hunter Hospital 400 days not published 13 surgeries
unranked Armidale Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Auburn Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Bathurst Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Belmont Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Bowral Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Broken Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Canterbury Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Cooma Hospital and Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Fairfield Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Gosford Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Goulburn Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Kempsey District Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lismore Base Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lithgow Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Liverpool Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Maitland Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Nepean Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Northern Beaches Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Orange Health Service not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Royal North Shore Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Shellharbour Hospital not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] not published not published not published
unranked Sutherland Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sydney Children's Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Tamworth Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Children's Hospital at Westmead not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Tweed Valley Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wauchope District Memorial Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Westmead Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wollongong Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wyong Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in New South Wales: near Liverpool.

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The median wait for joint fusion surgery in New South Wales public hospitals was 307 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Joint fusion surgery waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthrodesis/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthrodesis/nsw/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.