Knee replacement waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee 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
- 65 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 221 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.5%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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 156 days in 2022–23 to 65 days in 2024–25 — down 58% — while the national median fell from 308 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 65 days | 0.5% | 221 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
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (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 | not reported for this period | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 156 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 65 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Frankston Public Surgical Centre · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in Victoria