Hip replacement waiting time at Frankston Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the Frankston 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: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 138 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.6%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 24 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 148 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — down 43% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 1 km away, at 57 days. Here, 3.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Total hip 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 hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Hospital	85 days	3.6%	138 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 1 km away57 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 21 km away122 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 23 km away261 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 26 km away151 days
The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away78 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away90 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 38 km away107 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 40 km away112 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	148	99	116
2012–13	159	105	116
2013–14	153	111	106
2014–15	178	105	109
2015–16	171	115	114
2016–17	127	83	110
2017–18	163	89	119
2018–19	182	85	119
2019–20	212	92	120
2020–21	235	119	179
2021–22	175	122	153
2022–23	211	138	175
2023–24	187	107	135
2024–25	85	89	130

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

All surgery at Frankston Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Victoria