Knee replacement waiting time at Shoalhaven Hospital
Half of patients at Shoalhaven Hospital waited 376 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 West Nowra 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
- 376 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 158 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 54.4%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 114 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 360 days in 2011–12 to 376 days in 2024–25 — up 4% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 56 km away, at 365 days. Here, 54.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Hospital | 376 days | 54.4% | 158 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 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.
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 45 km away: 473 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 56 km away: 365 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 332 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 104 km away: 302 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 347 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 371 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 115 km away: 278 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 359 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Shoalhaven Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shoalhaven Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 360 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 329 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 299 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 354 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 372 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 360 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 356 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 354 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 366 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 412 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 311 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 319 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 360 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 376 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Shoalhaven Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales