Dupuytren's contracture surgery waiting time at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
Half of patients at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital waited 375 days or less for Dupuytren's contracture surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Dupytren's contracture release". This public hospital is in the Sydney 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
- 375 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 59.4%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 63 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 257 days in 2016–17 to 375 days in 2024–25 — up 46% — while the national median rose from 99 days to 150 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 6 km away, at 121 days. Here, 59.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 17.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital | 375 days | 59.4% | 64 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 329 days | 27.7% | 589 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 150 days | 17.9% | 1777 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 150 days marks the national median.
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 6 km away: 121 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 203 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 227 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 28 km away: 346 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 369 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 72 km away: 295 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 84 km away: 350 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 102 km away: 347 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 257 | 213 | 99 |
| 2017–18 | 248 | 214 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | 329 | 234 | 105 |
| 2019–20 | 285 | 257 | 128 |
| 2020–21 | 362 | 313 | 190 |
| 2021–22 | 443 | 311 | 198 |
| 2022–23 | 463 | 317 | 202 |
| 2023–24 | 366 | 321 | 169 |
| 2024–25 | 375 | 329 | 150 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sydney Hospital / Sydney Eye Hospital · Dupuytren's contracture surgery across Australia · Dupuytren's contracture surgery in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales