Knee replacement waiting time at Geraldton Hospital
Half of patients at Geraldton Hospital waited 210 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 Beachlands area of Western Australia.
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
- 210 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 97 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 16.5%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 54 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 123 days in 2011–12 to 210 days in 2024–25 — up 71% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 174 days. Here, 16.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geraldton Hospital | 210 days | 16.5% | 97 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 155 days | 18.8% | 2087 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.
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 347 km away: 174 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 174 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 371 km away: 388 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 373 km away: 321 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 373 km away: 361 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 131 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 396 km away: 124 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 406 km away: 120 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.
How the wait has changed
- Geraldton Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Geraldton Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 123 | 119 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 113 | 105 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 85 | 83 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 111 | 102 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 92 | 94 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 125 | 100 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 153 | 120 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 162 | 135 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 188 | 126 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 275 | 170 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 286 | 184 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 374 | 213 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 239 | 165 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 210 | 155 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Geraldton Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia