Surgery Waits

Knee replacement waiting time at Riverland General Hospital

The median wait for knee replacement — published by the source as "Total knee replacement" — at this public hospital in the Berri area of South Australia was 190 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
190 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
18.5%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 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2011–12 to 190 days in 2024–25 — up 192% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 154 km away, at 98 days. Here, 18.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 23.2%.

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Riverland General Hospital190 days18.5%54 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)147 days14.7%1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for total knee replacement by financial year at Riverland General Hospital, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Riverland General Hospital 190SA 147Australia 255
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRiverland General Hospital (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1265173184
2012–13164153196
2013–14117161194
2014–15135212191
2015–16132222188
2016–17132254195
2017–18121273198
2018–19109244209
2019–20109189223
2020–21180318308
2021–22167307293
2022–23181230308
2023–24148167265
2024–25190147255

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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