Tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 388 days or less for tongue-tie or lip-tie surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Lingual or maxillary frenulum 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
- 388 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 18 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 60 days in 2016–17 to 388 days in 2024–25 — up 547% — while the national median fell from 61 days to 50 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Children's Hospital at Westmead, about 117 km away, at 208 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 388 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 16.6% | 151 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 50 days | 6.0% | 496 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 50 days marks the national median.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 117 km away: 208 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 61 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 153 km away: 91 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 468 km away: 352 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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 | 60 | 70 | 61 |
| 2017–18 | 88 | 85 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 111 | 82 | 50 |
| 2019–20 | 122 | 87 | 50 |
| 2020–21 | 166 | 126 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 219 | 139 | 76 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 109 | 63 |
| 2023–24 | 294 | 100 | 64 |
| 2024–25 | 388 | 134 | 50 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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