Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia waiting time at Rockingham General Hospital
The median wait for repair of obstructing hiatus hernia at this public hospital in the Cooloongup area of Western Australia was 136 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
- 136 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 187 days in 2020–21 to 136 days in 2024–25 — down 27% — while the national median fell from 91 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, about 26 km away, at 78 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockingham General Hospital | 136 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 10.2% | 118 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 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Rockingham General Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Rockingham General Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 79 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 187 | 106 | 91 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 189 | 116 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 136 | 95 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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