Hernia repair waiting time at Macksville District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hernia repair — published by the source as “Herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Macksville area of New South Wales, 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: 328 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 27 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 162 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 133 days in 2016–17 to 328 days in 2024–25 — up 147% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kempsey District Hospital, about 41 km away, at 323 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Macksville District Hospital	328 days	not published	27 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	132 days	10.6%	4206 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	86 days	6.9%	12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 41 km away323 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 47 km away322 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 82 km away108 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 116 km away62 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 123 km away78 days
Manning HospitalNSW · about 140 km away207 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial HospitalNSW · about 171 km away300 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 195 km away333 days

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

How the wait has changed

Macksville District Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Macksville District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	133	83	63
2017–18	212	81	67
2018–19	200	85	69
2019–20	235	87	78
2020–21	307	127	92
2021–22	149	113	97
2022–23	199	145	108
2023–24	229	124	87
2024–25	328	132	86

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

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