As at 30 September 2024, there were 33,615 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    2,452
  • Hong Kong West
    3,522
  • Kowloon Central
    5,632
  • Kowloon East
    2,723
  • Kowloon West
    6,146
  • New Territories East
    7,897
  • New Territories West
    5,243
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2024) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    505
    14
    83
  • Hong Kong West
    693
    45
    77
  • Kowloon Central
    854
    42
    56
  • Kowloon East
    654
    28
    71
  • Kowloon West
    758
    52
    80
  • New Territories East
    619
    25
    70
  • New Territories West
    478
    9
    80
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 28 January 2025

*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.