Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at South Coast District 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: 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 40 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 17 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
South Coast District Hospital	28 days	not published	40 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 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.

Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 48 km away44 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 58 km away49 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 60 km away81 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 71 km away157 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 72 km away14 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 76 km away110 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 78 km away55 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 81 km away103 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	South Coast District Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	30	33	57
2012–13	15	29	60
2013–14	14	33	56
2014–15	13	32	51
2015–16	8	34	52
2016–17	9	38	52
2017–18	8	41	56
2018–19	31	43	59
2019–20	10	51	67
2020–21	7	58	76
2021–22	30	59	77
2022–23	54	65	82
2023–24	66	64	70
2024–25	28	74	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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