Total knee replacement waiting time at Royal Adelaide 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: 183 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 92 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 25.0%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 48 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
Royal Adelaide Hospital	183 days	25.0%	92 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	147 days	14.7%	1322 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.

The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 6 km away290 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 11 km away130 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 13 km away99 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 21 km away114 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 26 km away330 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 31 km away71 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 67 km away98 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 71 km away34 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	Royal Adelaide Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	187	173	184
2012–13	136	153	196
2013–14	97	161	194
2014–15	135	212	191
2015–16	163	222	188
2016–17	249	254	195
2017–18	372	273	198
2018–19	425	244	209
2019–20	316	189	223
2020–21	356	318	308
2021–22	376	307	293
2022–23	308	230	308
2023–24	166	167	265
2024–25	183	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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