Hernia repair waiting time at Kempsey District Hospital
Half of patients at Kempsey District Hospital waited 323 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 West Kempsey 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
- 323 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 160 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 113 days in 2016–17 to 323 days in 2024–25 — up 186% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 43 km away, at 108 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempsey District Hospital | 323 days | not published | 17 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.
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 328 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 108 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 322 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 100 km away: 207 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 127 km away: 78 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 300 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 155 km away: 62 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 333 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Kempsey District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Kempsey District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 113 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 99 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 112 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 130 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 124 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 86 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 128 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 323 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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