Hip replacement waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital
Half of patients at Werribee Mercy Hospital waited 274 days or less for hip replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Total hip replacement". This public hospital is in the Hoppers Crossing 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
- 274 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 30 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 218 days in 2019–20 to 274 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 120 days to 130 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 107 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 274 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 6.6% | 3160 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 130 days | 13.0% | 12180 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 107 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 20 km away: 144 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 25 km away: 193 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 25 km away: 78 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 26 km away: 41 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 29 km away: 261 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 32 km away: 151 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 34 km away: 187 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Werribee Mercy Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Werribee Mercy Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 99 | 116 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 105 | 116 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 111 | 106 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 105 | 109 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 115 | 114 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 83 | 110 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 89 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 85 | 119 |
| 2019–20 | 218 | 92 | 120 |
| 2020–21 | 311 | 119 | 179 |
| 2021–22 | 312 | 122 | 153 |
| 2022–23 | 360 | 138 | 175 |
| 2023–24 | 318 | 107 | 135 |
| 2024–25 | 274 | 89 | 130 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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