Total knee replacement waiting time at Naracoorte 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: 292 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 59 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 27.1%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 73 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
Naracoorte Health Service	292 days	27.1%	59 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.

Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 93 km away233 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 219 km away85 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 243 km away98 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 247 km away34 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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	Naracoorte Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	220	173	184
2012–13	223	153	196
2013–14	245	161	194
2014–15	273	212	191
2015–16	278	222	188
2016–17	281	254	195
2017–18	278	273	198
2018–19	215	244	209
2019–20	187	189	223
2020–21	294	318	308
2021–22	209	307	293
2022–23	87	230	308
2023–24	158	167	265
2024–25	292	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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