Surgery Waits

Tendon release waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital

The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Turvey Park area of New South Wales was 332 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
332 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
22.0%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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 194 days in 2018–19 to 332 days in 2024–25 — up 71% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Wollongong Hospital, about 331 km away, at 4 days. Here, 22.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.5%.

Compare this near you → 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.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tendon release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wagga Wagga Hospital332 days22.0%50 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)44 days8.6%451 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days9.4%191 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)34 days7.5%1016 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

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

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

Median wait for tendon release by financial year at Wagga Wagga Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Wagga Wagga Hospital 332NSW 44Australia 34
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Tendon release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWagga Wagga Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published2122
2017–18not published2929
2018–191942929
2019–201224628
2020–21854830
2021–223454823
2022–233646128
2023–243556245
2024–253324434

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

All surgery at Wagga Wagga Hospital · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in New South Wales