Knee replacement waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital
Half of patients at Werribee Mercy Hospital waited 370 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 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
- 370 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 53.8%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 112 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 278 days in 2017–18 to 370 days in 2024–25 — up 33% — while the national median rose from 198 days to 255 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 131 days. Here, 53.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 370 days | 53.8% | 65 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.
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 131 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 20 km away: 278 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 25 km away: 225 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 25 km away: 302 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 26 km away: 49 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 29 km away: 291 days
Broadmeadows Health Service, VIC · about 29 km away: 198 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 32 km away: 172 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 | 123 | 184 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 141 | 196 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 160 | 194 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 147 | 191 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 148 | 188 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 97 | 195 |
| 2017–18 | 278 | 114 | 198 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 111 | 209 |
| 2019–20 | 307 | 125 | 223 |
| 2020–21 | 380 | 180 | 308 |
| 2021–22 | 357 | 163 | 293 |
| 2022–23 | 523 | 221 | 308 |
| 2023–24 | 420 | 181 | 265 |
| 2024–25 | 370 | 133 | 255 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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