Surgery Waits

Knee replacement waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital

The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Tweed Heads area of New South Wales was 97 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
97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
271 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.2%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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 242 days in 2011–12 to 97 days in 2024–25 — down 60% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 2.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Total knee 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 knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Tweed Valley Hospital97 days2.2%271 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)340 days31.3%7172 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)266 days21.5%2712 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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 knee replacement by financial year at Tweed Valley Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Tweed Valley Hospital 97NSW 340Australia 255
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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 periodTweed Valley Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12242303184
2012–13302297196
2013–14220290194
2014–15220290191
2015–1693290188
2016–1787290195
2017–1894281198
2018–1984281209
2019–2093296223
2020–21160342308
2021–22150337293
2022–23217344308
2023–2481321265
2024–2597340255

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

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