Total knee replacement waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

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: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 13 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
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	85 days	0.0%	91 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away181 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away233 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away113 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away370 days
Naracoorte Health ServiceSA · about 219 km away292 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 219 km away131 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 221 km away278 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 227 km away225 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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	123	184
2012–13	not reported for this period	141	196
2013–14	not reported for this period	160	194
2014–15	not reported for this period	147	191
2015–16	not reported for this period	148	188
2016–17	77	97	195
2017–18	107	114	198
2018–19	84	111	209
2019–20	70	125	223
2020–21	164	180	308
2021–22	117	163	293
2022–23	174	221	308
2023–24	95	181	265
2024–25	85	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.

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