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title: "Tendon release waiting times in New South Wales"
description: "Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by median wait for Tendon release in 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/nsw/"
---

# Tendon release waiting times in New South Wales

The median wait for tendon release in New South Wales public hospitals was **44 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **34 days**.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

49 public hospitals in New South Wales reported tendon release in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Tendon release" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

37 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.

- [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/tendon-release/): 1 day
- [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/tendon-release/): 3 days
- [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/tendon-release/): 4 days
- [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/tendon-release/): 6 days
- [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/tendon-release/): 7 days
- [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/tendon-release/): 23 days
- [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tendon-release/): 26 days
- [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/tendon-release/): 79 days
- [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/tendon-release/): 83 days
- [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/tendon-release/): 90 days
- [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/tendon-release/): 97 days
- [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/tendon-release/): 332 days
- [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/tendon-release/): not published
- [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tendon-release/): not published
- [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/tendon-release/): not published
- [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/tendon-release/): not published

Tendon release in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Concord Repatriation Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/concord-repatriation-hospital/tendon-release/) | 1 day | not published | 34 surgeries |
| 2 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Darlinghurst\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-darlinghurst/tendon-release/) | 3 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| 3 | [Wollongong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wollongong-hospital/tendon-release/) | 4 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| 4 | [John Hunter Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/john-hunter-hospital/tendon-release/) | 6 days | not published | 30 surgeries |
| 5 | [Royal Prince Alfred Institute of Rheumatology & Orthopaedics](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-institute-of-rheumatology-orthopaedics/tendon-release/) | 7 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| 6 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/tendon-release/) | 23 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| 7 | [The Children's Hospital at Westmead](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-childrens-hospital-at-westmead/tendon-release/) | 26 days | 2.4% | 84 surgeries |
| 8 | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/tendon-release/) | 79 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| 9 | [Dubbo Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dubbo-hospital/tendon-release/) | 83 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| 10 | [Maitland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/maitland-hospital/tendon-release/) | 90 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| 11 | [Royal North Shore Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-north-shore-hospital/tendon-release/) | 97 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| 12 | [Wagga Wagga Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wagga-wagga-hospital/tendon-release/) | 332 days | 22.0% | 50 surgeries |
| unranked | [Auburn Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/auburn-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bankstown-lidcombe-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Bathurst Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/bathurst-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Belmont Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/belmont-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 8 surgeries |
| unranked | [Broken Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/broken-hill-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Campbelltown Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/campbelltown-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Canterbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/canterbury-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Casino and District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/casino-and-district-memorial-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Cessnock Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cessnock-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Coffs Harbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/coffs-harbour-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries |
| unranked | [Cooma Hospital and Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/cooma-hospital-and-health-service/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Fairfield Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/fairfield-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Goulburn Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Grafton Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/grafton-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | [Griffith Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/griffith-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Hawkesbury Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hawkesbury-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/hornsby-ku-ring-gai-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Kempsey District Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/kempsey-district-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Lismore Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/lismore-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 7 surgeries |
| unranked | [Liverpool Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/liverpool-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Moruya Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/moruya-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Mount Druitt Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/mount-druitt-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Nepean Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/nepean-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Northern Beaches Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northern-beaches-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Orange Health Service](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/orange-health-service/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Port Macquarie Base Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/port-macquarie-base-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries |
| unranked | [Prince of Wales Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/prince-of-wales-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Royal Prince Alfred Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-prince-alfred-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Ryde Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ryde-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Shellharbour Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/shellharbour-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [South East Regional Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-east-regional-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Sutherland Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sutherland-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Sydney Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sydney-childrens-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Tamworth Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tamworth-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Tweed Valley Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/tweed-valley-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |
| unranked | [Wauchope District Memorial Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wauchope-district-memorial-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | [Westmead Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/westmead-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | 6 surgeries |

Ranked by area in New South Wales: [near Camperdown](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/near/camperdown/) · [near Gosford](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/near/gosford/).

**Cite this page**

> The median wait for tendon release in New South Wales public hospitals was 44 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "Tendon release waiting times in New South Wales", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/nsw/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/nsw/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/nsw/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — [read what that means](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/tendon-release/), or see [every surgery reported in New South Wales](https://surgerywaits.au/state/nsw/).

## Before you use these figures

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