Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Calvary Mater Newcastle
Half of patients at Calvary Mater Newcastle waited 66 days or less for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/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
- 66 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 56 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 73 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 75 days in 2011–12 to 66 days in 2024–25 — down 12% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 4 km away, at 43 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvary Mater Newcastle | 66 days | 0.0% | 56 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 5.0% | 16694 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 4 km away: 43 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 87 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 25 km away: 301 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 244 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 296 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 62 km away: 30 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 68 km away: 273 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 104 km away: 57 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 75 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 79 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 54 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 67 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 82 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 87 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 78 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 73 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 87 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 82 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 76 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 113 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 82 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 66 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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