Muscle or tendon length - change of waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 418 days or less for muscle or tendon length - change of in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 418 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 7 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 179 days in 2020–21 to 418 days in 2024–25 — up 134% — while the national median rose from 88 days to 89 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queensland Children's Hospital, about 618 km away, at 89 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 418 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 38 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 9.3% | 215 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 78 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 89 days | 11.8% | 439 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 89 days marks the national median.
Queensland Children's Hospital, QLD · about 618 km away: 89 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 628 km away: 51 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 816 km away: 425 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | not published | not published | 69 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 75 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 77 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 75 |
| 2020–21 | 179 | not published | 88 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | not published | 85 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 92 |
| 2023–24 | not published | not published | 103 |
| 2024–25 | 418 | not published | 89 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Muscle or tendon length - change of across Australia · Muscle or tendon length - change of in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales