Knee replacement waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital waited 384 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 Herston area of Queensland.
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
- 384 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 59.6%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 116 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 171 days in 2011–12 to 384 days in 2024–25 — up 125% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, about 0 km away, at 283 days. Here, 59.6% 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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital | 384 days | 59.6% | 52 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 266 days | 21.5% | 2712 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.
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 0 km away: 283 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 4 km away: 222 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 6 km away: 136 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 6 km away: 164 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 13 km away: 337 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 25 km away: 210 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 27 km away: 350 days
Ipswich Hospital, QLD · about 33 km away: 179 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 171 | 120 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 413 | 153 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 270 | 146 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 79 | 92 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 168 | 88 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 95 | 140 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 225 | 181 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 313 | 211 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 343 | 233 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 330 | 311 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 356 | 305 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 425 | 334 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 365 | 276 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 384 | 266 | 255 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for orthopaedic surgery
These are not figures for total knee replacement. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Royal Brisbane & Women's.
- Patients treated
- 262 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 70.2%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 497 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 66 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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