Provided below are the median waiting times for the most performed inpatient and daycase elective procedures in certain specialties. Waiting times are calculated from the date of addition to the waiting list until the date of admission to hospital for treatment and are based on admissions in a 6-month period.
The median waiting times are provided to give a perspective of recent waiting times for elective procedures. Individual waiting times will potentially be different from the median waiting times presented below as each individual patient waiting times for elective admission will be influenced by a number of different variables.
Last updated: 30 Apr 2025
| Specialty | Procedure | Median Waiting Times |
|---|---|---|
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Operations on spinal nerve root | 7 weeks |
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Release of entrapment of peripheral nerve at wrist | 8 weeks |
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Therapeutic endoscopic operations on semilunar cartilage | 9 weeks |
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Total prosthetic replacement of hip joint not using cement | 33 weeks |
| Trauma & Orthopaedics | Total prosthetic replacement of knee joint using cement | 17 weeks |
