Knee replacement waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]
Half of patients at The Northern Hospital [Epping] waited 205 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 Lalor area of Victoria.
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
- 205 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 90 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 16.7%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 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 52 days in 2011–12 to 205 days in 2024–25 — up 294% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Broadmeadows Health Service, about 10 km away, at 198 days. Here, 16.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 205 days | 16.7% | 90 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 14.9% | 3839 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.
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 10 km away: 198 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 313 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 344 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 17 km away: 225 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 17 km away: 49 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 19 km away: 278 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 124 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 22 km away: 302 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Northern Hospital [Epping]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 52 | 123 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 69 | 141 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 92 | 160 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 149 | 147 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 328 | 148 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 240 | 97 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 137 | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 68 | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 71 | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 64 | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 182 | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 173 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 136 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 205 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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