As at 30 September 2025, there were 32,534 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    2,166
  • Hong Kong West
    2,837
  • Kowloon Central
    5,634
  • Kowloon East
    3,226
  • Kowloon West
    5,477
  • New Territories East
    8,290
  • New Territories West
    4,904
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    510
    17
    81
  • Hong Kong West
    685
    29
    54
  • Kowloon Central
    859
    37
    60
  • Kowloon East
    674
    34
    57
  • Kowloon West
    786
    52
    72
  • New Territories East
    806
    32
    71
  • New Territories West
    541
    7
    72
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 January 2026

*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.