Total knee replacement waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

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: 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 288 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 4.2%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 5 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
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	49 days	4.2%	288 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	133 days	14.9%	3839 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	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.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 2 km away225 days
The AlfredVIC · about 4 km away302 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away278 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 8 km away313 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 9 km away344 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 10 km away131 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 13 km away124 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 15 km away198 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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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 period	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	33	123	184
2012–13	32	141	196
2013–14	63	160	194
2014–15	79	147	191
2015–16	93	148	188
2016–17	85	97	195
2017–18	78	114	198
2018–19	61	111	209
2019–20	51	125	223
2020–21	121	180	308
2021–22	147	163	293
2022–23	236	221	308
2023–24	146	181	265
2024–25	49	133	255

What is not here

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

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