Knee replacement waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for knee replacement — published by the source as “Total knee replacement” — at this public hospital in the Hoppers Crossing 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
- 370 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 53.8%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 112 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 278 days in 2017–18 to 370 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 198 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 131 days. Here, 53.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 370 days | 53.8% | 65 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.
How the wait has changed
- Werribee Mercy Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Werribee Mercy Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 123 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 141 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 160 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 147 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 148 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 97 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 278 | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 307 | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 380 | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 357 | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 523 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 420 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 370 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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