Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
Half of patients at John Hunter Hospital waited 400 days or less for shoulder joint replacement 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
- 400 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 36 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 89 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 84 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 316 days in 2016–17 to 400 days in 2024–25 — up 27% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Belmont Hospital, about 12 km away, at 362 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 400 days | not published | 36 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 325 days | 30.9% | 912 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 174 days | 20.4% | 2417 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 174 days marks the national median.
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 362 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 428 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 136 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 64 km away: 128 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 172 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 111 km away: 335 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 318 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 210 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 | 316 | 271 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 331 | 254 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 274 | 270 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 310 | 279 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 382 | 346 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 305 | 335 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 393 | 346 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 385 | 311 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 400 | 325 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Shoulder joint replacement across Australia · Shoulder joint replacement in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales