Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]

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: 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 306 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 5.6%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 14 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 Children's Hospital [Parkville]	24 days	5.6%	306 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.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 1 km away101 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away90 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away49 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away89 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 10 km away48 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 11 km away30 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 12 km away79 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 15 km away56 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 Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	7	60	57
2012–13	7	71	60
2013–14	7	57	56
2014–15	8	42	51
2015–16	8	40	52
2016–17	12	38	52
2017–18	13	40	56
2018–19	14	39	59
2019–20	11	43	67
2020–21	15	71	76
2021–22	18	81	77
2022–23	27	81	82
2023–24	28	47	70
2024–25	24	45	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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