Surgery Waits

Meniscectomy waiting time at Coffs Harbour Hospital

The median wait for meniscectomy at this public hospital in the North Boambee Valley area of New South Wales was 277 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
277 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 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 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 288 days in 2017–18 to 277 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median rose from 56 days to 57 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 319 km away, at 33 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Meniscectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Coffs Harbour Hospital277 daysnot published11 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)142 days7.9%164 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)not publishednot published48 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)57 days3.6%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for meniscectomy by financial year at Coffs Harbour Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Coffs Harbour Hospital 277NSW 142Australia 57
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Meniscectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCoffs Harbour Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published9250
2017–182889156
2018–19not published9951
2019–20not published9862
2020–21not published184109
2021–22not published18889
2022–23not published23097
2023–24not published15069
2024–2527714257

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

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