As at 30 June 2026, there were 32,710 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    1,675
  • Hong Kong West
    2,730
  • Kowloon Central
    6,036
  • Kowloon East
    3,487
  • Kowloon West
    5,824
  • New Territories East
    8,350
  • New Territories West
    4,608
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    515
    10
    86
  • Hong Kong West
    680
    30
    53
  • Kowloon Central
    916
    42
    61
  • Kowloon East
    686
    35
    43
  • Kowloon West
    841
    46
    75
  • New Territories East
    892
    30
    64
  • New Territories West
    578
    6
    67
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 30 October 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.