Hiatus hernia repair waiting times in Australian public hospitals
The national median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Australian public hospitals was 88 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Hospital medians ranged from 23 days at Sandringham Hospital to 399 days at Coffs Harbour Hospital. The source publishes this surgery as "Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia".
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
Across Australia, the median wait for hiatus hernia repair in public hospitals was 88 days in 2024–25, from 1170 surgeries. 9.2% of people waited more than 365 days. 41 public hospitals published a median wait for it.
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.
State by state
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 88 days marks the national median.
Victoria: 57 days
Queensland: 83 days
Western Australia: 95 days
New South Wales: 104 days
Australian Capital Territory: not published
Northern Territory: not published
South Australia: not published
| Rank | State or territory | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria | 57 days | 2.0% | 248 surgeries |
| 2 | Queensland | 83 days | 2.7% | 182 surgeries |
| 3 | Western Australia | 95 days | 10.2% | 118 surgeries |
| 4 | New South Wales | 104 days | 14.1% | 511 surgeries |
| unranked | Australian Capital Territory | not published | not published | 25 surgeries |
| unranked | Northern Territory | not published | not published | not published |
| unranked | South Australia | not published | not published | 85 surgeries |
Ranked by area: near Camperdown · near the Gold Coast · near Heidelberg · near Prahran · near Randwick.
How the wait has changed
- Australia
- VIC
- QLD
- WA
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| Reference period | Australia (days) | VIC (days) | QLD (days) | WA (days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 66 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2017–18 | 79 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2018–19 | 78 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2019–20 | 81 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2020–21 | 91 | not published | 62 | 106 |
| 2021–22 | 98 | not published | 77 | not published |
| 2022–23 | 114 | not published | 83 | not published |
| 2023–24 | 89 | 66 | 75 | 116 |
| 2024–25 | 88 | 57 | 83 | 95 |
Common questions
How long is the wait for hiatus hernia repair in a public hospital?
The national median was 88 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). Half of people waited less than that, half waited longer. State medians ranged from 57 days in Victoria to 104 days in New South Wales.
Which public hospital has the shortest wait for hiatus hernia repair?
Of the 41 public hospitals that published a median for 2024–25, Sandringham Hospital reported the shortest median, 23 days, and Coffs Harbour Hospital the longest, 399 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). A shorter median is not a recommendation. How to read these figures.
How many people waited more than a year?
9.2% of people who had hiatus hernia repair in an Australian public hospital in 2024–25 waited more than 365 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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The national median wait for hiatus hernia repair in Australian public hospitals was 88 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Hiatus hernia repair waiting list by state, 2024–25", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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<img src="https://surgerywaits.au/charts/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia.svg" width="720" height="284" alt="Median public hospital waiting time for Hiatus hernia repair by state and territory, 2024–25">What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
The source calls this collection "elective surgery". This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.