Laminectomy waiting time at John Hunter Hospital
The median wait for laminectomy at this public hospital in the Rankin Park area of New South Wales was 275 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
- 275 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 130 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 31.5%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2016–17 to 275 days in 2024–25 — up 272% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal North Shore Hospital, about 110 km away, at 81 days. Here, 31.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hunter Hospital | 275 days | 31.5% | 130 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 87 days | 14.0% | 609 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- John Hunter Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | John Hunter Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 74 | 69 | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 77 | 74 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 93 | 82 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 103 | 75 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 86 | 77 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 70 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 92 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 101 | 70 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 275 | 87 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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