Elective surgery
General surgery for July 2011–June 2012
General surgery focuses on the organs of the abdomen (such as the stomach, intestines, gall bladder, liver and pancreas), and includes hernia repair and haemorrhoid removal. General surgeons may also treat diseases of the skin and breast. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of elective general surgery overall, as well as for some specific common procedures:
- Cholecystectomy - removal of the gall bladder.
- Haemorrhoidectomy - surgical removal of haemorrhoids (piles).
- Inguinal herniorrhaphy - repair of an inguinal hernia (a condition in which part of the intestine protrudes through muscles in the groin).
Waiting times provide an indication of access to elective surgery. The information
presented here refers to the time spent on a waiting list by people who received
elective surgery in this hospital between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.
Median waiting times for elective surgery
The median waiting time is the number of days within which half of all patients at this hospital received their surgery.
All general surgery
27 days compared to the national average of 31 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
27 days |
31 days |
 |
| 2010-11 |
28 days |
32 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
29 days |
31 days |
|
Cholecystectomy
43 days compared to the national average of 51 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
43 days |
51 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
46 days |
54 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
78 days |
51 days |
 |
Haemorrhoidectomy
68 days compared to the national average of 57 days
If there were fewer than 10 surgeries performed in a year then the median waiting time is not shown
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
68 days |
57 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
Fewer than 10 surgeries |
60 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
110 days |
66 days |
|
Inguinal herniorrhaphy
67 days compared to the national average of 57 days
| Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
67 days |
57 days |
|
| 2010-11 |
61 days |
57 days |
|
| 2009-10 |
127 days |
57 days |
 |
People waiting more than 365 days for elective surgery
This shows the percentage of people who received elective surgery at this hospital during the 2011-12 year who had been waiting for more than one year (365 days) for their surgery.
All general surgery
0.6% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.8%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.6% |
1.8% |
 |
| 2010-11 |
0.4% |
1.8% |
|
| 2009-10 |
1.0% |
2.1% |
|
Cholecystectomy
0.9% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 2.0%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.9% |
2.0% |
|
| 2010-11 |
0.0% |
1.8% |
 |
| 2009-10 |
0.0% |
2.2% |
|
Haemorrhoidectomy
0.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 3.2%
If there were fewer than 10 surgeries performed in a year then the percentage is not shown
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
0.0% |
3.2% |
|
| 2010-11 |
Fewer than 10 surgeries |
3.4% |
|
| 2009-10 |
5.9% |
3.5% |
|
Inguinal herniorrhaphy
1.4% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 3.1%
| Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average |
|---|
| Year |
This hospital |
National average |
|
| 2011-12 |
1.4% |
3.1% |
|
| 2010-11 |
2.6% |
2.6% |
 |
| 2009-10 |
0.0% |
3.1% |
|
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