Total knee replacement waiting time at Frankston Hospital

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: 132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 190 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 15.8%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 31 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
Frankston Hospital	132 days	15.8%	190 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.

Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 1 km away65 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 21 km away213 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 23 km away291 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 26 km away172 days
The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away302 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away124 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 38 km away131 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 40 km away152 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	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	164	123	184
2012–13	188	141	196
2013–14	188	160	194
2014–15	219	147	191
2015–16	199	148	188
2016–17	125	97	195
2017–18	169	114	198
2018–19	170	111	209
2019–20	246	125	223
2020–21	358	180	308
2021–22	283	163	293
2022–23	329	221	308
2023–24	328	181	265
2024–25	132	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.

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