Hernia repair waiting time at Wyong Hospital
Half of patients at Wyong Hospital waited 125 days or less for hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Kanwal 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
- 125 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 101 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 16.8%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 114 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 67 days in 2016–17 to 125 days in 2024–25 — up 87% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Belmont Hospital, about 31 km away, at 92 days. Here, 16.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyong Hospital | 125 days | 16.8% | 101 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 12195 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.
Gosford Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 303 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 31 km away: 92 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 43 km away: 189 days
Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW · about 46 km away: 68 days
Cessnock Hospital, NSW · about 50 km away: 263 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 59 km away: 64 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 91 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 60 km away: 347 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Wyong Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wyong Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 67 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 67 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 85 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 82 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 88 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 116 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 113 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 125 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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