Knee replacement waiting time at Frankston Hospital
The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 132 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
- 132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 190 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.8%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 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 164 days in 2011–12 to 132 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 1 km away, at 65 days. Here, 15.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Hospital | 132 days | 15.8% | 190 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 14.9% | 3839 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 255 days | 23.2% | 17987 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
- Frankston Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 164 | 123 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 188 | 141 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 188 | 160 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 219 | 147 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 199 | 148 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 125 | 97 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 169 | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 170 | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 246 | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 358 | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 283 | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 329 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 328 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 132 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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