Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia waiting time at The Alfred
The median wait for repair of obstructing hiatus hernia at this public hospital in the South Yarra area of Victoria was 40 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
- 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 41 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 63 days in 2019–20 to 40 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median rose from 81 days to 88 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sandringham Hospital, about 13 km away, at 23 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 40 days | 0.0% | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 57 days | 2.0% | 248 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
- The Alfred
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Alfred (days) | VIC (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 | 63 | not published | 81 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | not published | 91 |
| 2021–22 | 46 | not published | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 69 | not published | 114 |
| 2023–24 | 55 | 66 | 89 |
| 2024–25 | 40 | 57 | 88 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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