John Hunter Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
John Hunter Hospital is a public hospital in New South Wales. It reported 15 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystoscopy | 29 days | 113 surgeries | 5.3% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 34 days | 149 surgeries | 4.0% |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | 35 days | 94 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 43 days | 77 surgeries | 9.1% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 61 days | 66 surgeries | 7.6% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 88 days | 57 surgeries | 5.3% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 168 days | 93 surgeries | 30.1% |
| Myringotomy | 195 days | 57 surgeries | 21.1% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 253 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 409 days | 164 surgeries | 62.2% |
| Total knee replacement | 412 days | 272 surgeries | 72.8% |
| Septoplasty | 413 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 481 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 6 days | 100% | 2807 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 67 days | 66% | 2203 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 394 days | 37% | 1562 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.