Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Yippin Creek area of New South Wales was 113 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
113 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
37 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 108 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 150 days in 2016–17 to 113 days in 2024–25 — down 25% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Armidale Hospital, about 147 km away, at 65 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
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital113 daysnot published37 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 Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wauchope District Memorial Hospital 113NSW 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 periodWauchope District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–1715014068
2017–1818712172
2018–1910912675
2019–2012611376
2020–2123218389
2021–2219415685
2022–2315813186
2023–2422910578
2024–2511313478

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

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