Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at Bunbury Hospital
Half of patients at Bunbury Hospital waited 98 days or less for hiatus hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia". This public hospital is in the College Grove area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 98 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 41 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 81 days in 2020–21 to 98 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median fell from 91 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 146 km away, at 78 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunbury Hospital | 98 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 10.2% | 118 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 9.2% | 1170 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 120 km away: 136 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 146 km away: 78 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 156 km away: 146 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 181 km away: 33 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bunbury Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bunbury Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 79 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 81 | 106 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 114 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 116 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 98 | 95 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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