Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Shellharbour Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as “Haemorrhoidectomy” — at this public hospital in the Shellharbour City Centre 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
- 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 90 days in 2011–12 to 70 days in 2024–25 — down 22% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bowral Hospital, about 39 km away, at 56 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shellharbour Hospital | 70 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 81 days | 3.1% | 1446 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 63 days | 2.6% | 4759 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
- Shellharbour Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Shellharbour Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 90 | 70 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 84 | 67 | 59 |
| 2013–14 | 69 | 64 | 59 |
| 2014–15 | 70 | 67 | 56 |
| 2015–16 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| 2016–17 | 76 | 63 | 49 |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 64 | 47 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 70 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | 81 | 72 | 57 |
| 2020–21 | 69 | 78 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 71 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 97 | 92 | 90 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 78 | 67 |
| 2024–25 | 70 | 81 | 63 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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