Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Kempsey District 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: 88 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 44 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 109 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
Kempsey District Hospital	88 days	not published	44 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.

Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 41 km away335 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 43 km away138 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 87 km away327 days
Manning HospitalNSW · about 100 km away189 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 127 km away58 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 155 km away57 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 181 km away282 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 220 km away301 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Kempsey District Hospital
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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	Kempsey District Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	335	72	57
2012–13	326	71	60
2013–14	274	69	56
2014–15	153	70	51
2015–16	112	69	52
2016–17	144	72	52
2017–18	104	75	56
2018–19	117	77	59
2019–20	78	78	67
2020–21	97	92	76
2021–22	71	90	77
2022–23	79	115	82
2023–24	74	97	70
2024–25	88	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 Kempsey District Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales