Total knee replacement waiting time at Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service

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: 233 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.8%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 60 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
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	233 days	2.8%	72 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	147 days	14.7%	1322 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.

Naracoorte Health ServiceSA · about 93 km away292 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 161 km away85 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 271 km away181 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 316 km away113 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 316 km away34 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 327 km away98 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 331 km away86 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 344 km away370 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	173	184
2012–13	1	153	196
2013–14	30	161	194
2014–15	1	212	191
2015–16	16	222	188
2016–17	12	254	195
2017–18	4	273	198
2018–19	4	244	209
2019–20	28	189	223
2020–21	37	318	308
2021–22	62	307	293
2022–23	62	230	308
2023–24	50	167	265
2024–25	233	147	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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