Knee replacement waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 97 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 Tweed Heads 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
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 271 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.2%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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 242 days in 2011–12 to 97 days in 2024–25 — down 60% — while the national median rose from 184 days to 255 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 2.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 97 days | 2.2% | 271 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 340 days | 31.3% | 7172 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.
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 20 km away: 338 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 157 days
Logan Hospital, QLD · about 69 km away: 350 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 300 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, QLD · about 84 km away: 337 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 91 km away: 136 days
Mater Adult Hospital, QLD · about 92 km away: 222 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, QLD · about 96 km away: 283 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 242 | 303 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | 302 | 297 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | 220 | 290 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | 220 | 290 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | 93 | 290 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | 87 | 290 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 94 | 281 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | 84 | 281 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 93 | 296 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 160 | 342 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 150 | 337 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 217 | 344 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 81 | 321 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 340 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Tweed Valley Hospital · Knee replacement across Australia · Knee replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales