Total hip replacement waiting time at John Hunter Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total hip replacement 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: 409 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 164 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 62.2%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 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 123 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 Total hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
John Hunter Hospital	409 days	62.2%	164 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	265 days	20.9%	4162 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Maitland HospitalNSW · about 26 km away354 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 43 km away105 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 64 km away232 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 101 km away285 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalNSW · about 102 km away313 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 110 km away215 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 111 km away276 days
Ryde HospitalNSW · about 112 km away225 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 Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	John Hunter Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	177	193	116
2012–13	254	196	116
2013–14	108	191	106
2014–15	203	206	109
2015–16	188	212	114
2016–17	142	217	110
2017–18	288	212	119
2018–19	253	220	119
2019–20	266	202	120
2020–21	327	271	179
2021–22	284	231	153
2022–23	308	244	175
2023–24	316	225	135
2024–25	409	265	130

What is not here

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

All surgery at John Hunter Hospital · Total hip replacement across Australia · Total hip replacement in New South Wales