As at 30 June 2025, there were 32,677 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    2,262
  • Hong Kong West
    2,882
  • Kowloon Central
    5,616
  • Kowloon East
    3,281
  • Kowloon West
    5,396
  • New Territories East
    8,240
  • New Territories West
    5,000
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 Jul 2024 – 30 Jun 2025) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    503
    22
    77
  • Hong Kong West
    691
    33
    59
  • Kowloon Central
    852
    43
    61
  • Kowloon East
    656
    33
    74
  • Kowloon West
    781
    53
    72
  • New Territories East
    741
    31
    69
  • New Territories West
    514
    15
    75
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 October 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.