Shoulder joint replacement waiting time at Maitland Hospital
Half of patients at Maitland Hospital waited 428 days or less for shoulder joint replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Telarah 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
- 428 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 26 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 88 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 298 days in 2016–17 to 428 days in 2024–25 — up 44% — while the national median rose from 147 days to 174 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 26 km away, at 400 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Hospital | 428 days | not published | 26 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.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 400 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 362 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 136 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 79 km away: 128 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 172 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 119 km away: 335 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 230 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 126 km away: 318 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Maitland Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maitland Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 298 | 271 | 147 |
| 2017–18 | 326 | 254 | 152 |
| 2018–19 | 351 | 270 | 163 |
| 2019–20 | 320 | 279 | 154 |
| 2020–21 | 317 | 346 | 246 |
| 2021–22 | 362 | 335 | 218 |
| 2022–23 | 316 | 346 | 254 |
| 2023–24 | 324 | 311 | 192 |
| 2024–25 | 428 | 325 | 174 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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