Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Royal Brisbane & Women's 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: 130 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 35 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 148 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
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	130 days	not published	35 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	70 days	3.0%	3303 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.

Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 0 km away90 days
Queensland Children's HospitalQLD · about 4 km away21 days
Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 4 km away82 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 6 km away29 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 6 km away64 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 13 km away74 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 24 km away56 days
Redcliffe HospitalQLD · about 25 km away65 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	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	106	54	57
2012–13	101	65	60
2013–14	82	56	56
2014–15	90	47	51
2015–16	86	55	52
2016–17	70	58	52
2017–18	81	61	56
2018–19	90	66	59
2019–20	90	74	67
2020–21	90	64	76
2021–22	90	70	77
2022–23	87	64	82
2023–24	89	64	70
2024–25	130	70	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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