Hiatus hernia repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 343 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 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
- 343 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 38 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 223 days in 2018–19 to 343 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 78 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is North Canberra Hospital, about 158 km away, at 176 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 343 days | not published | 20 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 |
| 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.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 158 km away: 176 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 160 km away: 148 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 256 km away: 95 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 331 km away: 126 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 341 km away: 161 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 343 km away: 112 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 358 km away: 62 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 359 km away: 54 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 80 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 82 | 79 |
| 2018–19 | 223 | 79 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 344 | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 118 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 126 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 131 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 296 | 97 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 343 | 104 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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