Knee replacement waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria, 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: 113 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 298 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 194 days in 2011–12 to 113 days in 2024–25 — down 42% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 66 km away, at 49 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.

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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
University Hospital Geelong	113 days	0.0%	298 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.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away370 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away131 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 61 km away278 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 61 km away291 days
The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away302 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away225 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away49 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 66 km away172 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	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	194	123	184
2012–13	175	141	196
2013–14	197	160	194
2014–15	134	147	191
2015–16	93	148	188
2016–17	84	97	195
2017–18	68	114	198
2018–19	61	111	209
2019–20	76	125	223
2020–21	148	180	308
2021–22	199	163	293
2022–23	191	221	308
2023–24	106	181	265
2024–25	113	133	255

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

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