Neck disc removal and fusion waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 236 days or less for neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion". 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
- 236 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 236 days in 2024–25 — up 174% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 110 km away, at 99 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 236 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 153 days | 19.2% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 94 days marks the national median.
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 99 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 115 km away: 76 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 330 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 117 km away: 299 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 45 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 81 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 219 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 245 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 | 86 | 114 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 75 | 95 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 128 | 140 | 76 |
| 2019–20 | 125 | 133 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | 187 | 172 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 92 | 151 | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 243 | 231 | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 290 | 162 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 236 | 153 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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