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Knee replacement waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia, 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
183 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
25.0%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 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 187 days in 2011–12 to 183 days in 2024–25 — down 2% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Flinders Medical Centre, about 11 km away, at 130 days. Here, 25.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital183 days25.0%92 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)147 days14.7%1322 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 Royal Adelaide Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01252503755002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Adelaide Hospital 183SA 147Australia 255
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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 periodRoyal Adelaide Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12187173184
2012–13136153196
2013–1497161194
2014–15135212191
2015–16163222188
2016–17249254195
2017–18372273198
2018–19425244209
2019–20316189223
2020–21356318308
2021–22376307293
2022–23308230308
2023–24166167265
2024–25183147255

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

All surgery at Royal Adelaide Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in South Australia