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Total knee replacement waiting time at Royal Darwin 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
406 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
58.7%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 119 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
Royal Darwin Hospital406 days58.7%63 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)not publishednot published94 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

No other public hospital within 1,000 km published a figure for this surgery in this period.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Total knee replacement by financial year at Royal Darwin Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays01883755637502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Darwin Hospital 406Australia 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 Darwin Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2011–12198not published184
2012–13117not published196
2013–14150not published194
2014–15111not published191
2015–16180not published188
2016–17185not published195
2017–18207not published198
2018–19148not published209
2019–20104not published223
2020–21192not published308
2021–22365not published293
2022–23568not published308
2023–24375not published265
2024–25406not published255

What is not here

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

All surgery at Royal Darwin Hospital · Total knee replacement across Australia · Total knee replacement in Northern Territory