As at 31 December 2023, there were 35,784 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    2,758
  • Hong Kong West
    4,603
  • Kowloon Central
    5,660
  • Kowloon East
    2,588
  • Kowloon West
    7,319
  • New Territories East
    7,468
  • New Territories West
    5,388
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2023) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    471
    18
    83
  • Hong Kong West
    592
    37
    73
  • Kowloon Central
    819
    41
    52
  • Kowloon East
    704
    26
    73
  • Kowloon West
    730
    49
    68
  • New Territories East
    760
    24
    66
  • New Territories West
    494
    33
    87
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 April 2024

*The median and 90th percentile waiting time implies that half and 90% of the patients with surgeries performed could receive surgeries earlier than the indicated waiting time respectively.