Surgery Waits

Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as "Haemorrhoidectomy" — at this public hospital in the Yippin Creek area of New South Wales was 154 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
154 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
11.1%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 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 100 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Port Macquarie Base Hospital, about 14 km away, at 88 days. Here, 11.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Haemorrhoidectomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Haemorrhoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Wauchope District Memorial Hospital154 days11.1%81 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)81 days3.1%1446 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)63 days2.6%4759 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 63 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for haemorrhoidectomy by financial year at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Wauchope District Memorial Hospital 154NSW 81Australia 63
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Haemorrhoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWauchope District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7057
2012–13not published6759
2013–14not reported for this period6459
2014–15not published6756
2015–16not published6354
2016–17not published6349
2017–18not published6447
2018–19not reported for this period7049
2019–20not published7257
2020–21not reported for this period7870
2021–22not published7177
2022–23not published9290
2023–24not published7867
2024–251548163

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

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