Haemorrhoid surgery waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for haemorrhoid surgery — published by the source as “Haemorrhoidectomy” — at this public hospital in the Hoppers Crossing 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: 56 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 64 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 9.4%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 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 47 days in 2011–12 to 56 days in 2024–25 — up 19% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 63 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 47 days. Here, 9.4% 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
Werribee Mercy Hospital	56 days	9.4%	64 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.

Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 17 km away47 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 18 km away49 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 20 km away41 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 25 km away63 days
The AlfredVIC · about 25 km away29 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 26 km away129 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 26 km away56 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 29 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	Werribee Mercy Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	47	63	57
2012–13	43	79	59
2013–14	51	69	59
2014–15	60	58	56
2015–16	42	55	54
2016–17	64	41	49
2017–18	53	37	47
2018–19	51	34	49
2019–20	49	38	57
2020–21	129	70	70
2021–22	161	99	77
2022–23	148	127	90
2023–24	82	53	67
2024–25	56	43	63

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

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