Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Cowra Health Service

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: 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 23 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 121 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
Cowra Health Service	91 days	not published	23 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.

Young HospitalNSW · about 66 km away191 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 68 km away90 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 90 km away223 days
Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 94 km away129 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 138 km away84 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 138 km away121 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 151 km away84 days
Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 160 km away129 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	Cowra Health Service (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	25	72	57
2012–13	59	71	60
2013–14	67	69	56
2014–15	44	70	51
2015–16	62	69	52
2016–17	24	72	52
2017–18	43	75	56
2018–19	49	77	59
2019–20	51	78	67
2020–21	61	92	76
2021–22	41	90	77
2022–23	51	115	82
2023–24	40	97	70
2024–25	91	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.

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