Generally this varies between patients and whether they went to go home directly or to a rehabilitation centre after their hip replacement. It is important to check your insurance covers your for rehabilitation prior to your surgery. On average patient’s will be asked to walk the same day as their surgery or the following day under the supervision of the physiotherapist. Patients are typically discharged from hospital on average 3-5 days after their surgery. No patient will be discharged from the hospital if they are not confident to manage at home. Patients should be given information about telephone numbers or other methods of contacting the hospital or the orthopaedic service, should problems occur.