Surgery Waits

Hydrocele - repair of waiting time at John Hunter Hospital

The median wait for hydrocele - repair of at this public hospital in the Rankin Park area of New South Wales was 333 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
333 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 52 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 96 days in 2016–17 to 333 days in 2024–25 — up 247% — while the national median rose from 75 days to 95 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wyong Hospital, about 43 km away, at 300 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hydrocele - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
John Hunter Hospital333 daysnot published17 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)170 days14.7%407 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)95 days9.8%1477 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 95 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for hydrocele - repair of by financial year at John Hunter Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25John Hunter Hospital 333NSW 170Australia 95
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hydrocele - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodJohn Hunter Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17969175
2017–181127770
2018–19not published10570
2019–201379087
2020–21204169113
2021–22260216121
2022–23223181138
2023–2419413090
2024–2533317095

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Hydrocele - repair of across Australia · Hydrocele - repair of in New South Wales