As at 31 December 2025, there were 33,321 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    1,989
  • Hong Kong West
    2,857
  • Kowloon Central
    6,180
  • Kowloon East
    3,339
  • Kowloon West
    5,865
  • New Territories East
    8,260
  • New Territories West
    4,831
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    507
    15
    84
  • Hong Kong West
    688
    30
    54
  • Kowloon Central
    865
    38
    60
  • Kowloon East
    685
    35
    53
  • Kowloon West
    789
    52
    73
  • New Territories East
    860
    32
    69
  • New Territories West
    557
    5
    71
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 April 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.