Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Sydney Children's Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Randwick area of New South Wales was 188 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
188 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
14 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 126 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 33 days in 2018–19 to 188 days in 2024–25 — up 470% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Prince of Wales Hospital, about 0 km away, at 66 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Sydney Children's Hospital188 daysnot published14 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)134 days10.8%2880 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)78 days7.1%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Sydney Children's Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Sydney Children's Hospital 188NSW 134Australia 78
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSydney Children's Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published14068
2017–18not published12172
2018–193312675
2019–20not published11376
2020–21not published18389
2021–22not published15685
2022–23not published13186
2023–247710578
2024–2518813478

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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