Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 28 days or less for haemorrhoid surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Haemorrhoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Bellfield area of Victoria.
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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 247 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.0%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 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 42 days in 2023–24 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median fell from 67 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 8 days. Here, 2.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Haemorrhoidectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 28 days | 2.0% | 247 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 1.7% | 2209 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 2.6% | 4759 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 63 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 1 km away: 8 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 8 km away: 129 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 9 km away: 56 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 104 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 9 km away: 63 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 29 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 33 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 13 km away: 49 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 63 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 79 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 69 | 59 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 58 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 55 | 54 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 41 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 37 | 47 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 34 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 38 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 70 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 99 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 127 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 42 | 53 | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 43 | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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