Hernia repair waiting time at Calvary Mater Newcastle
Half of patients at Calvary Mater Newcastle waited 68 days or less for hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Waratah area of New South Wales.
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
- 68 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 69 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 43 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 85 days in 2016–17 to 68 days in 2024–25 — down 20% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Singleton Hospital, about 62 km away, at 30 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 68 days | 0.0% | 69 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 12195 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 4 km away: 189 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 92 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 347 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 263 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 125 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 62 km away: 30 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 303 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 101 km away: 300 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Calvary Mater Newcastle
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Calvary Mater Newcastle (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 85 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 126 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 85 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 89 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 71 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 83 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 87 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 68 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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