Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Belmont Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy 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: 87 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 109 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 4.6%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 108 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 Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Belmont Hospital	87 days	4.6%	109 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	101 days	8.1%	5703 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	73 days	5.0%	16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

John Hunter HospitalNSW · about 12 km away43 days
Calvary Mater NewcastleNSW · about 15 km away66 days
Wyong HospitalNSW · about 31 km away296 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 34 km away301 days
Cessnock HospitalNSW · about 36 km away244 days
Gosford HospitalNSW · about 52 km away273 days
Singleton HospitalNSW · about 67 km away30 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 89 km away78 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 Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Belmont Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	121	72	57
2012–13	155	71	60
2013–14	100	69	56
2014–15	117	70	51
2015–16	105	69	52
2016–17	100	72	52
2017–18	119	75	56
2018–19	93	77	59
2019–20	128	78	67
2020–21	108	92	76
2021–22	132	90	77
2022–23	159	115	82
2023–24	126	97	70
2024–25	87	101	73

What is not here

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

All surgery at Belmont Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales