Knee replacement waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Garran area of Australian Capital Territory, 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
- 253 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 140 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 39.3%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 62 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 235 days in 2016–17 to 253 days in 2024–25 — up 8% — while the national median rose from 195 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 39.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Total knee replacement” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 253 days | 39.3% | 140 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 388 days | 53.0% | 202 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 216 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 177 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 151 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 232 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 235 | 223 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 201 | 212 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 55 | 62 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 344 | 303 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 371 | 328 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 344 | 329 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 380 | 394 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 253 | 388 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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