Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 311 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Rankin Park area of New South Wales.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 311 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 36.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 147 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 107 days in 2016–17 to 311 days in 2024–25 — up 191% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Belmont Hospital, about 12 km away, at 238 days. Here, 36.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 311 days | 36.8% | 57 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 10.8% | 2880 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 238 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 305 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 130 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 110 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 101 km away: 302 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 69 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 92 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 246 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- John Hunter Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | John Hunter Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 107 | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 93 | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 128 | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 128 | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 138 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 126 | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 140 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 311 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales