Surgery Waits

Hydrocele - repair of waiting time at Kempsey District Hospital

The median wait for hydrocele - repair of at this public hospital in the West Kempsey area of New South Wales was 99 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 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 52 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 139 days in 2018–19 to 99 days in 2024–25 — down 29% — while the national median rose from 70 days to 95 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gosford Hospital, about 296 km away, at 67 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hydrocele - repair of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Kempsey District Hospital99 daysnot published12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)170 days14.7%407 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)102 days6.7%223 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)95 days9.8%1477 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 95 days marks the national median.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for hydrocele - repair of by financial year at Kempsey District Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Kempsey District Hospital 99NSW 170Australia 95
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hydrocele - repair of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodKempsey District Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published9175
2017–18not published7770
2018–1913910570
2019–20not published9087
2020–21not published169113
2021–22not published216121
2022–23not published181138
2023–2413413090
2024–259917095

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Kempsey District Hospital · Hydrocele - repair of across Australia · Hydrocele - repair of in New South Wales