Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) waiting time at John Hunter Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 88 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 57 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.3%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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 79 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
John Hunter Hospital	88 days	5.3%	57 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	77 days	5.0%	2707 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	55 days	4.0%	8810 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.

Belmont HospitalNSW · about 12 km away90 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 26 km away294 days
Cessnock HospitalNSW · about 34 km away110 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 43 km away76 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 64 km away67 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 101 km away63 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 102 km away91 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 110 km away105 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Prostatectomy (transurethral or open), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	John Hunter Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	41	56	42
2012–13	42	54	39
2013–14	35	60	43
2014–15	48	59	40
2015–16	61	62	42
2016–17	62	57	41
2017–18	70	63	46
2018–19	84	63	44
2019–20	55	59	44
2020–21	67	71	54
2021–22	39	59	48
2022–23	86	78	60
2023–24	59	75	58
2024–25	88	77	55

What is not here

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

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