Tendon release waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Tendon release, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Tendon release in public hospitals was 34 days in 2024–25, from 1016 surgeries. 7.5% of people waited more than 365 days. 26 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Victoria19 days
Queensland35 days
New South Wales44 days
Australian Capital Territorynot published
Northern Territorynot published
South Australianot published
Western Australianot published

Tendon release in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	19 days	9.4%	191 surgeries
2	Queensland	35 days	4.8%	189 surgeries
3	New South Wales	44 days	8.6%	451 surgeries
unranked	Australian Capital Territory	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	South Australia	not published	not published	75 surgeries
unranked	Western Australia	not published	not published	99 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
QLD
NSW

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 period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	QLD (days)	NSW (days)
2016–17	22	21	19	21
2017–18	29	21	25	29
2018–19	29	14	40	29
2019–20	28	8	56	46
2020–21	30	6	48	48
2021–22	23	5	36	48
2022–23	28	10	48	61
2023–24	45	64	37	62
2024–25	34	19	35	44

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.