Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 277 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 North Tamworth 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
- 277 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 105 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 83 days in 2012–13 to 277 days in 2024–25 — up 234% — while the national median rose from 59 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Armidale Hospital, about 94 km away, at 63 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 277 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 3.1% | 1446 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.
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 63 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 168 km away: 39 days
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 154 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 105 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 88 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 193 km away: 83 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 195 km away: 83 days
Bellinger River District Hospital, NSW · about 200 km away: 111 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 70 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 83 | 67 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 64 | 59 |
| 2014–15 | 75 | 67 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 70 | 63 | 54 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 63 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 64 | 47 |
| 2018–19 | 285 | 70 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 72 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 242 | 78 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 71 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 92 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 353 | 78 | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 277 | 81 | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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