Total knee replacement waiting time at Hervey Bay 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: 271 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 51 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 13.7%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 65 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
Hervey Bay Hospital	271 days	13.7%	51 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	266 days	21.5%	2712 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.

Maryborough HospitalQLD · about 28 km away158 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 68 km away108 days
Nambour General HospitalQLD · about 148 km away295 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 164 km away327 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 216 km away210 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 233 km away164 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 240 km away384 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 240 km away283 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	Hervey Bay Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	180	120	184
2012–13	237	153	196
2013–14	135	146	194
2014–15	69	92	191
2015–16	67	88	188
2016–17	61	140	195
2017–18	105	181	198
2018–19	161	211	209
2019–20	151	233	223
2020–21	297	311	308
2021–22	263	305	293
2022–23	124	334	308
2023–24	282	276	265
2024–25	271	266	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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