Surgery Waits

Arthroscopy waiting time at Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Casino area of New South Wales was 73 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
73 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
60 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 66 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 93 days in 2016–17 to 73 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tweed Valley Hospital, about 91 km away, at 50 days. Here, 1.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Casino and District Memorial Hospital73 days1.7%60 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)134 days10.8%2880 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)79 days7.7%1582 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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthroscopy by financial year at Casino and District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Casino and District Memorial Hospital 73NSW 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 periodCasino and District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–179314068
2017–188212172
2018–1913912675
2019–207811376
2020–217418389
2021–228315685
2022–239813186
2023–244710578
2024–257313478

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

All surgery at Casino and District Memorial Hospital · Arthroscopy across Australia · Arthroscopy in New South Wales