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Knee replacement waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Kogarah 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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
St George Hospital NSWnot publishednot publishednot published
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

St George Hospital NSW did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total knee replacement by financial year at St George Hospital NSW, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25NSW 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 periodSt George Hospital NSW (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published303184
2012–13not reported for this period297196
2013–14not published290194
2014–15not published290191
2015–16not published290188
2016–17not published290195
2017–18not published281198
2018–19not published281209
2019–20not published296223
2020–21not published342308
2021–22not reported for this period337293
2022–23not published344308
2023–24not published321265
2024–25not published340255

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