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Hip replacement waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hip replacement — published by the source as “Total hip replacement” — at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales, 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
215 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
67 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
11.9%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 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2011–12 to 215 days in 2024–25 — up 169% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 62 days. Here, 11.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal North Shore Hospital215 days11.9%67 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)265 days20.9%4162 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)130 days13.0%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.

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 hip replacement by financial year at Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0751502253002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 215NSW 265Australia 130
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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 periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1280193116
2012–1391196116
2013–14122191106
2014–1552206109
2015–1632212114
2016–1765217110
2017–1880212119
2018–1985220119
2019–2099202120
2020–21157271179
2021–22165231153
2022–23133244175
2023–24203225135
2024–25215265130

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

All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales