Knee replacement waiting time at Broadmeadows Health Service
Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Jacana area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
- Median wait
- 198 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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 52 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 63 days in 2017–18 to 198 days in 2024–25 — up 214% — while the national median rose from 198 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 15 km away, at 49 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadmeadows Health Service | 198 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 14.9% | 3839 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Broadmeadows Health Service
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broadmeadows Health Service (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 123 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 141 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 160 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 147 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 148 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 97 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 63 | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 64 | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 36 | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 145 | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 151 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 199 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 198 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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