Hernia repair waiting time at Hawkesbury Hospital
Half of patients at Hawkesbury Hospital waited 71 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 Windsor 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 88 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 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ryde Hospital, about 32 km away, at 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkesbury Hospital | 71 days | 0.0% | 88 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.
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 17 km away: 327 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 19 km away: 220 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 20 km away: 239 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 26 km away: 220 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 27 km away: 102 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 319 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 29 km away: 91 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 32 km away: 52 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Hawkesbury Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Hawkesbury Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 65 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 71 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 47 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 111 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 247 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 145 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 130 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Hawkesbury Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales