Surgery Waits

Knee replacement waiting times in Tasmania

Public hospitals in Tasmania ranked by their median wait for knee replacement, published by the source as "Total knee replacement".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

3 public hospitals in Tasmania reported knee replacement in 2024–25. The state median was 161 days; the national median was 255 days.

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.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Total knee replacement in Tasmania public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Royal Hobart Hospital 124 days 4.1% 222 surgeries
2 Launceston General Hospital 188 days 4.2% 239 surgeries
3 North West Regional Hospital 214 days 19.4% 98 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Tasmania.