Total knee replacement waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

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: 278 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 37.0%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 68 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
Western Hospital [Footscray]	278 days	37.0%	54 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 6 km away225 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away49 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away131 days
The AlfredVIC · about 10 km away302 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 12 km away198 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 15 km away313 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 16 km away344 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 19 km away205 days

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

How the wait has changed

Western Hospital [Footscray]
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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	Western Hospital [Footscray] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	110	123	184
2012–13	92	141	196
2013–14	196	160	194
2014–15	343	147	191
2015–16	379	148	188
2016–17	345	97	195
2017–18	326	114	198
2018–19	238	111	209
2019–20	290	125	223
2020–21	183	180	308
2021–22	207	163	293
2022–23	223	221	308
2023–24	270	181	265
2024–25	278	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.

All surgery at Western Hospital [Footscray] · Total knee replacement across Australia · Total knee replacement in Victoria