As at 31 March 2026, there were 33,277 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    1,830
  • Hong Kong West
    2,816
  • Kowloon Central
    6,174
  • Kowloon East
    3,437
  • Kowloon West
    5,954
  • New Territories East
    8,334
  • New Territories West
    4,732
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    514
    17
    87
  • Hong Kong West
    688
    30
    55
  • Kowloon Central
    905
    38
    61
  • Kowloon East
    672
    35
    46
  • Kowloon West
    825
    50
    76
  • New Territories East
    881
    31
    64
  • New Territories West
    573
    5
    68
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 31 July 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.

Note: The information on this page is based on the old clustering arrangement. The Hong Kong East Cluster and the Hong Kong West Cluster have officially been integrated to establish the Hong Kong Island Cluster from 1 April 2026. The information will be updated in due course.