Total hip replacement waiting time at The Alfred

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total hip 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: 78 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 85 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.5%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 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 hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Alfred	78 days	3.5%	85 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	89 days	6.6%	3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 4 km away41 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away193 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away107 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 10 km away144 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 11 km away151 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away187 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away242 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 13 km away90 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 hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Alfred (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	81	99	116
2012–13	70	105	116
2013–14	82	111	106
2014–15	77	105	109
2015–16	82	115	114
2016–17	86	83	110
2017–18	181	89	119
2018–19	231	85	119
2019–20	174	92	120
2020–21	347	119	179
2021–22	130	122	153
2022–23	222	138	175
2023–24	178	107	135
2024–25	78	89	130

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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