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Knee replacement at Toowoomba Hospital

Toowoomba Hospital is a public hospital in the South Toowoomba area, Queensland. This page shows its waiting times for Knee replacement in 2024–25, beside the figures for Queensland and for Australia.

The source publishes this surgery as "Total knee replacement".

Figures for this hospital

Each tile shows one figure for Knee replacement at Toowoomba Hospital.

A rank compares this hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

Median wait, Toowoomba Hospital
359 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank106th of 128 nationally

Change on the year before+200 days

Waiting more than 365 days, Toowoomba Hospital
45.2%2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Rank91st of 110 nationally

Patients treated, Toowoomba Hospital
115 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Compared with the state and Australia

The state and national rows cover every public hospital that reported Knee replacement. They are never ranked.

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Knee replacement: Toowoomba Hospital, Queensland and Australia2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Who the figures coverMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Toowoomba Hospital359 days45.2%115 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)266 days21.5%2,712 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%17,987 surgeries

Shorter waits nearby

Toowoomba Hospital has 8 public hospitals on its list of nearby public hospitals. No hospital on that list published a shorter median wait for Knee replacement in 2024–25.

How this hospital's wait has changed

The median wait for Knee replacement at Toowoomba Hospital has risen from 330 days in 2011–12 to 359 days in 2024–25. The earlier figure is from 2011–12, released 19 August 2026, and the latest is from 2024–25, released 19 August 2026.

Each chart shows the median wait for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

Knee replacement: median wait by financial year, Toowoomba Hospital, Queensland and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
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  • Toowoomba Hospital
  • Queensland
  • Australia
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Knee replacement: median wait by financial year, Toowoomba Hospital, Queensland and Australia2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearToowoomba HospitalQueenslandAustralia
2011–12330 days120 days184 days
2012–13367 days153 days196 days
2013–14349 days146 days194 days
2014–15327 days92 days191 days
2015–16296 days88 days188 days
2016–17329 days140 days195 days
2017–18338 days181 days198 days
2018–19324 days211 days209 days
2019–20347 days233 days223 days
2020–21362 days311 days308 days
2021–22332 days305 days293 days
2022–2397 days334 days308 days
2023–24159 days276 days265 days
2024–25359 days266 days255 days

All planned surgery at Toowoomba Hospital

Knee replacement at every public hospital in Australia

Knee replacement in Queensland

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and intended procedure, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-procedure/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/