Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 390 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". 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
- 390 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 60 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 66 days in 2016–17 to 390 days in 2024–25 — up 491% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gosford Hospital, about 64 km away, at 168 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 390 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 310 days | 19.6% | 922 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 168 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 294 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 99 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 316 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 115 km away: 299 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 296 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 107 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 304 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 | 66 | 292 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | 85 | 306 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | 127 | 305 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | 262 | 286 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 367 | 293 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 91 | 290 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 49 | 340 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 318 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 390 | 310 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Keyhole sinus surgery across Australia · Keyhole sinus surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales