Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Sutherland 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: 298 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 100 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.0%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 178 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
Sutherland Hospital	298 days	22.0%	100 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.

St George Hospital NSWNSW · about 8 km away178 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 13 km away91 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 14 km away120 days
Prince of Wales HospitalNSW · about 17 km away95 days
Sydney Children's HospitalNSW · about 18 km away7 days
Royal Prince Alfred HospitalNSW · about 18 km away43 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst]NSW · about 20 km away62 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 21 km away71 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	Sutherland Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	163	72	57
2012–13	141	71	60
2013–14	235	69	56
2014–15	197	70	51
2015–16	171	69	52
2016–17	120	72	52
2017–18	259	75	56
2018–19	181	77	59
2019–20	232	78	67
2020–21	308	92	76
2021–22	331	90	77
2022–23	286	115	82
2023–24	213	97	70
2024–25	298	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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