Hip replacement waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for hip replacement, published by the source as “Total hip replacement”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

44 public hospitals in New South Wales reported hip replacement in 2024–25. The state median was 265 days; the national median was 130 days.

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4 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital26 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]62 days
Tweed Valley Hospital68 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital97 days
Wyong Hospital105 days
Westmead Hospital109 days
Prince of Wales Hospital144 days
Canterbury Hospital165 days
Griffith Base Hospital166 days
Lismore Base Hospital177 days
Sutherland Hospital181 days
Shoalhaven Hospital182 days
South East Regional Hospital206 days
Grafton Base Hospital213 days
Royal North Shore Hospital215 days
Ryde Hospital225 days
Gosford Hospital232 days
Dubbo Hospital265 days
Hawkesbury Hospital276 days
Orange Health Service276 days
Tamworth Hospital279 days
Northern Beaches Hospital285 days
Goulburn Base Hospital312 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital313 days
Bathurst Base Hospital322 days
Armidale Hospital327 days
Nepean Hospital330 days
Mount Druitt Hospital334 days
Wollongong Hospital335 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital337 days
Bowral Hospital345 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital347 days
Fairfield Hospital348 days
Blacktown Hospital349 days
Maitland Hospital354 days
Manning Hospital354 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital359 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital376 days
John Hunter Hospital409 days
Broken Hill Hospitalnot published
Liverpool Hospitalnot published
Sydney Children's Hospitalnot published
The Children's Hospital at Westmeadnot published

Total hip replacement in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	26 days	not published	21 surgeries
2	Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics	57 days	0.0%	131 surgeries
3	St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	62 days	3.6%	56 surgeries
4	Tweed Valley Hospital	68 days	0.0%	200 surgeries
5	Concord Repatriation Hospital	97 days	0.0%	76 surgeries
6	Wyong Hospital	105 days	6.3%	112 surgeries
7	Westmead Hospital	109 days	not published	30 surgeries
8	Prince of Wales Hospital	144 days	15.4%	136 surgeries
9	Canterbury Hospital	165 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
10	Griffith Base Hospital	166 days	not published	16 surgeries
11	Lismore Base Hospital	177 days	7.0%	142 surgeries
12	Sutherland Hospital	181 days	14.0%	157 surgeries
13	Shoalhaven Hospital	182 days	27.4%	113 surgeries
14	South East Regional Hospital	206 days	0.0%	128 surgeries
15	Grafton Base Hospital	213 days	18.1%	83 surgeries
16	Royal North Shore Hospital	215 days	11.9%	67 surgeries
17	Ryde Hospital	225 days	0.0%	63 surgeries
18	Gosford Hospital	232 days	15.9%	88 surgeries
19	Dubbo Hospital	265 days	24.4%	119 surgeries
20	Hawkesbury Hospital	276 days	13.8%	65 surgeries
20	Orange Health Service	276 days	11.1%	117 surgeries
22	Tamworth Hospital	279 days	not published	49 surgeries
23	Northern Beaches Hospital	285 days	0.0%	133 surgeries
24	Goulburn Base Hospital	312 days	0.0%	83 surgeries
25	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	313 days	9.5%	74 surgeries
26	Bathurst Base Hospital	322 days	19.5%	82 surgeries
27	Armidale Hospital	327 days	15.7%	51 surgeries
28	Nepean Hospital	330 days	21.4%	145 surgeries
29	Mount Druitt Hospital	334 days	0.0%	83 surgeries
30	Wollongong Hospital	335 days	34.2%	266 surgeries
31	Wagga Wagga Hospital	337 days	25.5%	157 surgeries
32	Bowral Hospital	345 days	45.9%	85 surgeries
33	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital	347 days	32.3%	65 surgeries
34	Fairfield Hospital	348 days	33.7%	175 surgeries
35	Blacktown Hospital	349 days	10.3%	58 surgeries
36	Maitland Hospital	354 days	48.4%	91 surgeries
36	Manning Hospital	354 days	45.7%	116 surgeries
38	Coffs Harbour Hospital	359 days	46.0%	137 surgeries
39	Port Macquarie Base Hospital	376 days	53.5%	155 surgeries
40	John Hunter Hospital	409 days	62.2%	164 surgeries
unranked	Broken Hill Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Liverpool Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Sydney Children's Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	The Children's Hospital at Westmead	not published	not published	not published

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in New South Wales.