As at 31 March 2025, there were 33,173 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    2,329
  • Hong Kong West
    3,044
  • Kowloon Central
    5,612
  • Kowloon East
    2,948
  • Kowloon West
    5,745
  • New Territories East
    8,240
  • New Territories West
    5,255
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2025) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    502
    19
    75
  • Hong Kong West
    685
    36
    66
  • Kowloon Central
    829
    44
    60
  • Kowloon East
    666
    31
    78
  • Kowloon West
    776
    52
    74
  • New Territories East
    700
    30
    69
  • New Territories West
    493
    21
    79
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 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.