Bunion surgery waiting time at Ryde Hospital
Half of patients at Ryde Hospital waited 324 days or less for bunion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of". 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
- 324 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 159 days in 2017–18 to 324 days in 2024–25 — up 104% — while the national median rose from 121 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Prince of Wales Hospital, about 19 km away, at 106 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryde Hospital | 324 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 285 days | 20.8% | 212 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 days marks the national median.
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 360 days
Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 106 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 73 km away: 402 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 288 km away: 320 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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 | not published | 281 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | 159 | 252 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 267 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 277 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 306 | 323 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | 342 | 318 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 300 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 279 | 267 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 324 | 285 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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