Hip replacement waiting time at Prince of Wales Hospital
Half of patients at Prince of Wales Hospital waited 144 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". This public hospital is in the Randwick 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
- 144 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 136 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 15.4%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 89 days in 2011–12 to 144 days in 2024–25 — up 62% — while the national median rose from 116 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 5 km away, at 62 days. Here, 15.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 13.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 144 days | 15.4% | 136 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 265 days | 20.9% | 4162 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 5 km away: 62 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 26 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 6 km away: 57 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 215 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 165 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 16 km away: 97 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 181 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 285 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Prince of Wales Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 89 | 193 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | 186 | 196 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | 113 | 191 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | 118 | 206 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | 183 | 212 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | 147 | 217 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | 173 | 212 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 232 | 220 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 141 | 202 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 250 | 271 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 182 | 231 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 114 | 244 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 112 | 225 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 144 | 265 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Prince of Wales Hospital · Hip replacement across Australia · Hip replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales