Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at Sandringham Hospital
Half of patients at Sandringham Hospital waited 23 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 Sandringham 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
- 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 24 days in 2023–24 to 23 days in 2024–25 — down 4% — while the national median fell from 89 days to 88 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Hospital | 23 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 57 days | 2.0% | 248 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.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 13 km away: 109 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 13 km away: 40 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 23 km away: 54 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 23 km away: 62 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 23 km away: 71 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sandringham Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sandringham Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 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 published | not published | 91 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 66 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 23 | 57 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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