Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Shoalhaven 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: 308 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 111 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 34.2%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 180 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
Shoalhaven Hospital	308 days	34.2%	111 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.

Shellharbour HospitalNSW · about 41 km away92 days
Bowral HospitalNSW · about 45 km away63 days
Wollongong HospitalNSW · about 56 km away76 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 82 km away121 days
Campbelltown HospitalNSW · about 90 km away322 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 104 km away298 days
Liverpool HospitalNSW · about 110 km away183 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 111 km away120 days

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

How the wait has changed

Shoalhaven 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	Shoalhaven Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	211	72	57
2012–13	223	71	60
2013–14	302	69	56
2014–15	343	70	51
2015–16	313	69	52
2016–17	323	72	52
2017–18	251	75	56
2018–19	301	77	59
2019–20	281	78	67
2020–21	434	92	76
2021–22	356	90	77
2022–23	219	115	82
2023–24	131	97	70
2024–25	308	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 Shoalhaven Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales