Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at North Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at North Canberra Hospital waited 176 days or less for hiatus hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia". This public hospital is in the Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 176 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 41 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 33 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 269 days in 2023–24 to 176 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median fell from 89 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 148 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Canberra Hospital | 176 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 25 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 14.1% | 511 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 9.2% | 1170 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 148 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 158 km away: 343 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 188 km away: 126 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 215 km away: 95 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 223 km away: 112 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 229 km away: 365 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 230 km away: 81 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 235 km away: 79 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- North Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | North Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 79 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not published | 91 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 269 | not published | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 176 | not published | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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