Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 11 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 Turvey Park 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
- 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 70 days in 2011–12 to 11 days in 2024–25 — down 84% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 63 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Haemorrhoidectomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 11 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 3.1% | 1446 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 1.7% | 2209 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.
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 97 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 144 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 50 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 172 km away: 33 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 219 km away: 58 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton], VIC · about 224 km away: 85 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 70 | 70 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 85 | 67 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 64 | 59 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 67 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 63 | 54 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 63 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 64 | 47 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 70 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 72 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 63 | 78 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 96 | 71 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 78 | 92 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 129 | 78 | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 11 | 81 | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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