Knee replacement waiting time at Broken Hill Hospital
Half of patients at Broken Hill Hospital waited 386 days or less for knee replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement". This public hospital is in the Silverton area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 386 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 27 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 117 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 285 days in 2011–12 to 386 days in 2024–25 — up 35% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Riverland General Hospital, about 271 km away, at 190 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.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken Hill Hospital | 386 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 147 days | 14.7% | 1322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 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.
Riverland General Hospital, SA · about 271 km away: 190 days
Clare Hospital, SA · about 338 km away: 36 days
Port Pirie Regional Health Service, SA · about 351 km away: 110 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, SA · about 352 km away: 88 days
Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, SA · about 383 km away: 180 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 405 km away: 114 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 407 km away: 98 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 411 km away: 99 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Broken Hill Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Broken Hill Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 285 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 166 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 144 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 154 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 144 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 91 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 368 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 255 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 263 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 454 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 457 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 187 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 205 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 386 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Broken Hill Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales