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Torn knee cartilage removal at Wollongong Hospital

Wollongong Hospital is a public hospital in the Wollongong area, New South Wales. This page shows its waiting times for Torn knee cartilage removal in 2024–25, beside the figures for New South Wales and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Meniscectomy".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Torn knee cartilage removal at Wollongong Hospital.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Wollongong Hospital
297 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank14th of 14 nationally

Change on the year before+37 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Wollongong Hospital
not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Wollongong Hospital
10 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Torn knee cartilage removal. They are never ranked.

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Torn knee cartilage removal: Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Wollongong Hospital297 daysnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure10 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)142 days7.9%164 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)57 days3.6%561 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Wollongong Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Torn knee cartilage removal in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Torn knee cartilage removal at Wollongong Hospital has fallen from 330 days in 2016–17 to 297 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2016–17, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Torn knee cartilage removal: median wait by financial year, Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25
  • Wollongong Hospital
  • New South Wales
  • Australia
  • No figure published for this year. The table gives the reason.
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Torn knee cartilage removal: median wait by financial year, Wollongong Hospital, New South Wales and Australia2016–17 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearWollongong HospitalNew South WalesAustralia
2016–17330 days92 days50 days
2017–18296 days91 days56 days
2018–19257 days99 days51 days
2019–20not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure98 days62 days
2020–21379 days184 days109 days
2021–22not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure188 days89 days
2022–23292 days230 days97 days
2023–24260 days150 days69 days
2024–25297 days142 days57 days

All planned surgery at Wollongong Hospital

Torn knee cartilage removal at every public hospital in Australia

Torn knee cartilage removal in New South Wales

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/