Surgery Waits

Osteotomy waiting time at John Hunter Hospital

The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Rankin Park area of New South Wales was 372 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
372 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
27 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 47 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 56 days in 2016–17 to 372 days in 2024–25 — up 564% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Belmont Hospital, about 12 km away, at 252 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Osteotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
John Hunter Hospital372 daysnot published27 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)180 days16.4%451 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)135 days19.2%1866 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 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 osteotomy by financial year at John Hunter Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25John Hunter Hospital 372NSW 180Australia 135
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Osteotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodJohn Hunter Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–175615676
2017–1815815386
2018–1921014790
2019–20117157103
2020–21269233136
2021–22165166122
2022–23353146157
2023–24405182152
2024–25372180135

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

All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Osteotomy across Australia · Osteotomy in New South Wales