Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at St George Hospital NSW

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: 178 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 148 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 25.0%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 159 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
St George Hospital NSW	178 days	25.0%	148 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.

Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 6 km away91 days
Sutherland HospitalNSW · about 8 km away298 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 10 km away43 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 11 km away120 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 11 km away7 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 11 km away95 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 13 km away62 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · 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	St George Hospital NSW (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	268	72	57
2012–13	345	71	60
2013–14	254	69	56
2014–15	224	70	51
2015–16	208	69	52
2016–17	285	72	52
2017–18	237	75	56
2018–19	277	77	59
2019–20	209	78	67
2020–21	321	92	76
2021–22	131	90	77
2022–23	332	115	82
2023–24	105	97	70
2024–25	178	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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