Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Port Macquarie Base 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: 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 10.0%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 149 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
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	138 days	10.0%	70 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.

Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 43 km away88 days
Manning HospitalNSW · about 65 km away189 days
Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 82 km away335 days
Coffs Harbour HospitalNSW · about 128 km away327 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 157 km away58 days
Maitland HospitalNSW · about 189 km away301 days
Tamworth HospitalNSW · about 190 km away282 days
Calvary Mater NewcastleNSW · about 194 km away66 days

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

How the wait has changed

Port Macquarie Base 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	Port Macquarie Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	324	72	57
2012–13	218	71	60
2013–14	272	69	56
2014–15	312	70	51
2015–16	262	69	52
2016–17	245	72	52
2017–18	189	75	56
2018–19	131	77	59
2019–20	179	78	67
2020–21	255	92	76
2021–22	92	90	77
2022–23	144	115	82
2023–24	127	97	70
2024–25	138	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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