Haemorrhoidectomy waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Haemorrhoidectomy at this public hospital, 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: 56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 17 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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Haemorrhoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	56 days	not published	17 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away7 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away24 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away56 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 216 km away49 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 219 km away47 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 221 km away41 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 227 km away63 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 227 km away15 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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	63	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	79	59
2013–14	not reported for this period	69	59
2014–15	not reported for this period	58	56
2015–16	not reported for this period	55	54
2016–17	not published	41	49
2017–18	87	37	47
2018–19	101	34	49
2019–20	47	38	57
2020–21	201	70	70
2021–22	122	99	77
2022–23	133	127	90
2023–24	90	53	67
2024–25	56	43	63

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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