Surgery Waits

Hip replacement waiting time at North West Regional Hospital

The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Park Grove area of Tasmania was 163 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
163 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
129 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
13.2%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 67 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 105 days in 2011–12 to 163 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Launceston General Hospital, about 114 km away, at 135 days. Here, 13.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total hip replacement" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
North West Regional Hospital163 days13.2%129 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)126 days5.4%464 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)89 days6.6%3160 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)130 days13.0%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total hip replacement by financial year at North West Regional Hospital, compared with Tasmania and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25North West Regional Hospital 163TAS 126Australia 130
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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 periodNorth West Regional Hospital (days)TAS (days)Australia (days)
2011–12105229116
2012–13205372116
2013–14196366106
2014–15247274109
2015–16203178114
2016–17178185110
2017–18158147119
2018–19219170119
2019–20246216120
2020–21329328179
2021–22332266153
2022–23251220175
2023–24214142135
2024–25163126130

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at North West Regional Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in Tasmania