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Total knee replacement waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement at this public hospital, 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
222 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
168 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
6.0%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 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mater Adult Hospital222 days6.0%168 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)266 days21.5%2712 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 Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Mater Adult Hospital 222QLD 266Australia 255
  • Mater Adult Hospital
  • QLD
  • Australia
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 periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period120184
2012–1392153196
2013–14132146194
2014–15not reported for this period92191
2015–168388188
2016–17204140195
2017–18341181198
2018–19281211209
2019–20264233223
2020–21330311308
2021–22187305293
2022–23275334308
2023–24199276265
2024–25222266255

Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery

These are not figures for total knee replacement. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Mater Adult.

Patients treated
388 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
92.5%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
454 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
12 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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