Surgery Waits

Knee replacement waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital

The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Port Macquarie area of New South Wales was 408 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
408 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
228 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
72.4%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 120 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 290 days in 2011–12 to 408 days in 2024–25 — up 41% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Coffs Harbour Hospital, about 128 km away, at 380 days. Here, 72.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee replacement" 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 Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Port Macquarie Base Hospital408 days72.4%228 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days31.3%7172 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 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 total knee replacement by financial year at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Port Macquarie Base Hospital 408NSW 340Australia 255
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPort Macquarie Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12290303184
2012–13329297196
2013–14330290194
2014–15359290191
2015–16308290188
2016–17296290195
2017–18302281198
2018–19285281209
2019–20306296223
2020–21403342308
2021–22275337293
2022–23343344308
2023–24361321265
2024–25408340255

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

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