As at 30 September 2026, there were 31,681 total joint replacement surgery bookings in Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialty with the waitlist per cluster as follows:
Cluster
Waitlist
  • Hong Kong East
    1,559
  • Hong Kong West
    2,731
  • Kowloon Central
    5,719
  • Kowloon East
    3,363
  • Kowloon West
    5,562
  • New Territories East
    8,185
  • New Territories West
    4,562
The waiting time for patients with total joint replacement surgeries performed in the past 12 months (1 October 2025 – 30 September 2026) was as follows:
Number of Surgery Performed
Median Waiting Time*(month)
90th Percentile Waiting Time*(month)
  • Hong Kong East
    520
    12
    84
  • Hong Kong West
    682
    31
    53
  • Kowloon Central
    886
    44
    63
  • Kowloon East
    680
    36
    43
  • Kowloon West
    878
    49
    75
  • New Territories East
    881
    28
    64
  • New Territories West
    583
    7
    70
(For reference only)
Date of Next Update: 29 January 2027

*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.