Tendon release waiting time at Maitland Hospital
Half of patients at Maitland Hospital waited 90 days or less for tendon release 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
- 90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 22 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 36 days in 2017–18 to 90 days in 2024–25 — up 150% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 26 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maitland Hospital | 90 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 44 days | 8.6% | 451 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 34 days | 7.5% | 1016 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 26 km away: 6 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 79 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 79 km away: 23 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 126 km away: 97 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 130 km away: 26 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 130 km away: 1 day
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 132 km away: 3 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 134 km away: 7 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 | not published | 21 | 22 |
| 2017–18 | 36 | 29 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 29 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 13 | 46 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 239 | 48 | 30 |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 48 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 61 | 28 |
| 2023–24 | 91 | 62 | 45 |
| 2024–25 | 90 | 44 | 34 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Maitland Hospital · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales