Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at Tweed Valley Hospital
Half of patients at Tweed Valley Hospital waited 81 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 Tweed Heads 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
- 81 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 21 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 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2017–18 to 81 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median rose from 79 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gold Coast University Hospital, about 29 km away, at 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Valley Hospital | 81 days | not published | 21 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 14.1% | 511 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 83 days | 2.7% | 182 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.
Robina Hospital, QLD · about 20 km away: 84 days
Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 29 km away: 78 days
Lismore Base Hospital, NSW · about 75 km away: 301 days
Redcliffe Hospital, QLD · about 114 km away: 117 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 242 km away: 399 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
- Tweed Valley Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tweed Valley Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 80 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 74 | 82 | 79 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 79 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 89 | 118 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | 79 | 126 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 122 | 131 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 154 | 97 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 81 | 104 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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