Knee replacement waiting time at Nepean Hospital
The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Cambridge Park area of New South Wales was 341 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 341 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 286 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 33.2%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 95 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 363 days in 2011–12 to 341 days in 2024–25 — down 6% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mount Druitt Hospital, about 11 km away, at 335 days. Here, 33.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepean Hospital | 341 days | 33.2% | 286 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Nepean Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Nepean Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 363 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 355 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 328 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 281 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 335 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 336 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 315 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 324 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 325 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 356 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 423 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 467 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 366 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 341 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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