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Total hip replacement waiting times in Australia

How long public patients wait for total hip replacement, at each public hospital and in each state — official AIHW figures, checked daily.

National median wait (public)130 days2024-07-01 – 2025-06-30

Public hospitals reporting123with a published median

As a public patientFreeunder Medicare

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Median wait by state and territory

State / territory	Median wait
Vic	89 days
SA	97 days
Qld	107 days
WA	125 days
Tas	126 days
ACT	181 days
NSW	265 days

Shortest waits at public hospitals

The 15 public hospitals with the shortest median wait for total hip replacement, out of 123 reporting.

Hospital	State	Local health network	Median wait	Operations in the year
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	NSW	Sydney	26 days	21
Clare Hospital	SA	Yorke and Northern	31 days	10
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	SA	Barossa Hills Fleurieu	38 days	18
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	Vic	St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Limited	41 days	216
Alice Springs Hospital	NT	NT Regional Health Services (NTRHS)	50 days	28
Bass Coast Health	Vic	Bass Coast Regional Health	53 days	84
Princess Alexandra Hospital	Qld	Metro South (Qld)	53 days	57
Rockhampton Hospital	Qld	Central Queensland	54 days	37
Peel Health Campus	WA	South Metropolitan Health Service (WA)	56 days	83
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics	NSW	Sydney	57 days	131
Frankston Public Surgical Centre	Vic	Peninsula Health (Vic)	57 days	174
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]	NSW	St Vincent's Health Network	62 days	56
The Bendigo Hospital	Vic	Bendigo Health Care Group	62 days	232
Flinders Medical Centre	SA	Southern Adelaide	63 days	46
The Tweed Hospital	NSW	Northern NSW	68 days	200

Common questions

How long is the public waiting list for total hip replacement in Australia?

Half of patients admitted from public hospital waiting lists for total hip replacement waited 130 days or less (national median, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30). By state it ranged from 89 days (Vic) to 265 days (NSW).

Can I avoid the wait?

As a private patient you choose your surgeon and usually wait less, but you pay fees, partly covered by Medicare and any private health insurance. Private hospitals don't publish waiting times.

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) — MyHospitals, elective surgery waiting times, 2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30. All data sources.

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