Osteotomy waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 331 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 331 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 26.0%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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 273 days in 2017–18 to 331 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 86 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Bendigo Hospital, about 331 km away, at 163 days. Here, 26.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.2%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Osteotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 331 days | 26.0% | 50 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 180 days | 16.4% | 451 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 206 days | 34.3% | 510 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 156 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 273 | 153 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 269 | 147 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 157 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | 398 | 233 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | 337 | 166 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 74 | 146 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 345 | 182 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 331 | 180 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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