Tendon release waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for tendon release in Australian public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25 — from 1 day at Concord Repatriation Hospital to 332 days at Wagga Wagga Hospital.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
Across Australia, the median wait for tendon release in public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 1016 surgeries. 7.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 26 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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State by state
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 19 days | 9.4% | 191 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 35 days | 4.8% | 189 surgeries |
| 3 | New South Wales | 44 days | 8.6% | 451 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 75 surgeries |
| unranked | Western Australia | not published | not published | 99 surgeries |
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- NSW
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | NSW (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| 2017–18 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 29 | 14 | 40 | 29 |
| 2019–20 | 28 | 8 | 56 | 46 |
| 2020–21 | 30 | 6 | 48 | 48 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 5 | 36 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 28 | 10 | 48 | 61 |
| 2023–24 | 45 | 64 | 37 | 62 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 44 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for tendon release in a public hospital?
The national median was 34 days in 2024–25 — half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 19 days in Victoria to 44 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for tendon release?
Of the 26 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Concord Repatriation Hospital reported the shortest (1 day) and Wagga Wagga Hospital the longest (332 days). A shorter median is not a recommendation — how to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
7.5% of people who had tendon release in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days.
Cite this page
The national median wait for tendon release in Australian public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 1 day at Concord Repatriation Hospital to 332 days at Wagga Wagga Hospital.
Copy-ready citation
SurgeryWaits, "Tendon release waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: SurgeryWaits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/tendon-release.svg" width="720" height="250" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Tendon release by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.