Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Ryde Hospital
Half of patients at Ryde Hospital waited 236 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Denistone East 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
- 236 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 56 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.8%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 135 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 79 days in 2016–17 to 236 days in 2024–25 — up 199% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Concord Repatriation Hospital, about 5 km away, at 83 days. Here, 1.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryde Hospital | 236 days | 1.8% | 56 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 134 days | 10.8% | 2880 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 5 km away: 83 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 9 km away: 115 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 235 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 92 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 11 km away: 69 days
Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics, NSW · about 13 km away: 76 days
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 179 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 302 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ryde Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ryde Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 79 | 140 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 138 | 121 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 73 | 126 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 63 | 113 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 78 | 183 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 206 | 156 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 135 | 131 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 105 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 236 | 134 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Ryde Hospital · Keyhole joint surgery across Australia · Keyhole joint surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales