Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as “Haemorrhoidectomy” — at this public hospital in the Box Hill area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 12.7%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 81 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 98 days in 2011–12 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 6% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, about 4 km away, at 49 days. Here, 12.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 2.6%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Haemorrhoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Box Hill Hospital	104 days	12.7%	55 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	43 days	1.7%	2209 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	63 days	2.6%	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.

Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 4 km away49 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 8 km away8 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away28 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 12 km away130 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 12 km away56 days
The AlfredVIC · about 13 km away29 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 13 km away129 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 14 km away63 days

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

How the wait has changed

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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 period	Box Hill Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	98	63	57
2012–13	181	79	59
2013–14	186	69	59
2014–15	172	58	56
2015–16	68	55	54
2016–17	49	41	49
2017–18	30	37	47
2018–19	15	34	49
2019–20	7	38	57
2020–21	37	70	70
2021–22	116	99	77
2022–23	201	127	90
2023–24	156	53	67
2024–25	104	43	63

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

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