Total knee replacement waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

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: 225 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 134 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 15.7%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 59 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 Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	225 days	15.7%	134 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.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 2 km away49 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away302 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away278 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away131 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away313 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 10 km away344 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 13 km away198 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 14 km away124 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 Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	155	123	184
2012–13	249	141	196
2013–14	255	160	194
2014–15	251	147	191
2015–16	333	148	188
2016–17	181	97	195
2017–18	154	114	198
2018–19	146	111	209
2019–20	182	125	223
2020–21	200	180	308
2021–22	217	163	293
2022–23	274	221	308
2023–24	315	181	265
2024–25	225	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.

All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Total knee replacement across Australia · Total knee replacement in Victoria