Hip replacement waiting time at Northern Beaches Hospital
The median wait for hip replacement — published by the source as "Total hip replacement" — at this public hospital in the Frenchs Forest area of New South Wales was 285 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
- 285 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 133 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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 104 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 164 days in 2018–19 to 285 days in 2024–25 — up 74% — while the national median rose from 119 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 9 km away, at 215 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Beaches Hospital | 285 days | 0.0% | 133 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 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
- Northern Beaches Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northern Beaches Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 193 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 196 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 191 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 206 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 212 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 217 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 212 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 164 | 220 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 210 | 202 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 262 | 271 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 266 | 231 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 311 | 244 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 237 | 225 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 285 | 265 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northern Beaches Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales