Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Macksville District Hospital
Half of patients at Macksville District Hospital waited 335 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 Macksville 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
- 335 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 186 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 2011–12 to 335 days in 2024–25 — up 415% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kempsey District Hospital, about 41 km away, at 88 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macksville District Hospital | 335 days | not published | 43 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.
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 41 km away: 88 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 327 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 138 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 116 km away: 57 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 58 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 140 km away: 189 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 195 km away: 282 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 206 km away: 35 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Macksville District Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Macksville District Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 65 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 95 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 53 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 76 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 215 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 165 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 189 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 162 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 172 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 286 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 208 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 216 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 315 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 335 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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