Hernia repair waiting time at Cessnock Hospital
Half of patients at Cessnock Hospital waited 263 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 Cessnock 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
- 263 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 40 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 148 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2016–17 to 263 days in 2024–25 — up 293% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Singleton Hospital, about 33 km away, at 30 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cessnock Hospital | 263 days | not published | 40 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.
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 347 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 33 km away: 30 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 34 km away: 189 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 36 km away: 92 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 36 km away: 68 days
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 50 km away: 125 days
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 303 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 75 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Cessnock Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cessnock Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 67 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 96 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 110 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 239 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 145 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 50 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 62 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 263 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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