Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia waiting time at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
The median wait for repair of obstructing hiatus hernia at this public hospital in the Port Macquarie area of New South Wales was 284 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
- 284 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2016–17 to 284 days in 2024–25 — up 212% — while the national median rose from 66 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is John Hunter Hospital, about 198 km away, at 267 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie Base Hospital | 284 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 104 days | 14.1% | 511 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 88 days | 9.2% | 1170 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 91 | 80 | 66 |
| 2017–18 | 65 | 82 | 79 |
| 2018–19 | 65 | 79 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | 51 | 83 | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 118 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | 61 | 126 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 160 | 131 | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 109 | 97 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 284 | 104 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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