Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 267 days or less for hiatus hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia". 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
- 267 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 41 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 70 days in 2016–17 to 267 days in 2024–25 — up 281% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gosford Hospital, about 64 km away, at 117 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 267 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 14.1% | 511 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 9.2% | 1170 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 365 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 117 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 115 km away: 79 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 41 days
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW · about 117 km away: 57 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 54 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 79 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 127 km away: 117 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 | 70 | 80 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 95 | 82 | 79 |
| 2018–19 | 51 | 79 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 111 | 118 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | 55 | 126 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 131 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 177 | 97 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 267 | 104 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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