Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Mersey Community 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: 176 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 52 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 23.1%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 158 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
Mersey Community Hospital	176 days	23.1%	52 surgeries
Tasmania (all public hospitals)	72 days	10.0%	360 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 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.

North West Regional HospitalTAS · about 50 km away140 days
Launceston General HospitalTAS · about 65 km away147 days
Royal Hobart HospitalTAS · about 198 km away36 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 300 km away42 days
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]VIC · about 335 km away71 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 342 km away49 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 359 km away57 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 360 km away48 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	Mersey Community Hospital (days)	TAS (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	42	58	57
2012–13	42	99	60
2013–14	52	84	56
2014–15	86	106	51
2015–16	95	110	52
2016–17	37	37	52
2017–18	49	57	56
2018–19	97	112	59
2019–20	93	144	67
2020–21	163	188	76
2021–22	62	101	77
2022–23	81	62	82
2023–24	118	60	70
2024–25	176	72	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 Mersey Community Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in Tasmania