Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
Half of patients at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital waited 154 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 Yippin Creek 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
- 154 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 11.1%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
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 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 14 km away, at 88 days. Here, 11.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauchope District Memorial Hospital | 154 days | 11.1% | 81 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.
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 88 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 44 km away: 105 days
Macksville District Hospital, NSW · about 85 km away: 83 days
Bellinger River District Hospital, NSW · about 112 km away: 111 days
Coffs Harbour Hospital, NSW · about 131 km away: 84 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 147 km away: 63 days
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 177 km away: 277 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 180 km away: 83 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wauchope District Memorial Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wauchope District Memorial Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 70 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 67 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 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 reported for this period | 70 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 72 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 78 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 71 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 92 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 78 | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 154 | 81 | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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