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Knee replacement waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Camperdown 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
24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
23 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 21 days in 2011–12 to 24 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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 Prince Alfred Hospital24 daysnot published23 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days31.3%7172 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 Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 24NSW 340Australia 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 Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–1221303184
2012–1315297196
2013–1415290194
2014–1522290191
2015–1630290188
2016–179290195
2017–1820281198
2018–1930281209
2019–207296223
2020–2115342308
2021–227337293
2022–2335344308
2023–2412321265
2024–2524340255

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

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