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title: "Knee replacement waiting times in Tasmania"
description: "Public hospitals in Tasmania ranked by median wait for Knee replacement in 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/tas/"
---

# Knee replacement waiting times in Tasmania

The median wait for knee replacement in Tasmania public hospitals was **161 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **255 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

3 public hospitals in Tasmania reported knee replacement in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** 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.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

- [Royal Hobart Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hobart-hospital/knee-replacement/): 124 days
- [Launceston General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/knee-replacement/): 188 days
- [North West Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-west-regional-hospital/knee-replacement/): 214 days

Total knee replacement in Tasmania public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Royal Hobart Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-hobart-hospital/knee-replacement/) | 124 days | 4.1% | 222 surgeries |
| 2 | [Launceston General Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/launceston-general-hospital/knee-replacement/) | 188 days | 4.2% | 239 surgeries |
| 3 | [North West Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/north-west-regional-hospital/knee-replacement/) | 214 days | 19.4% | 98 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> The median wait for knee replacement in Tasmania public hospitals was 161 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Knee replacement waiting times in Tasmania", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/tas/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/tas/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/tas/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/knee-replacement/), or see [every surgery reported in Tasmania](https://surgerywaits.au/state/tas/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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