Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Young 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: 191 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 19 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 165 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
Young Hospital	191 days	not published	19 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)	133 days	10.3%	252 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.

Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 66 km away91 days
Tumut HospitalNSW · about 110 km away73 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 123 km away274 days
North Canberra HospitalACT · about 127 km away191 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 130 km away223 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 134 km away90 days
The Canberra HospitalACT · about 136 km away90 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 139 km away121 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

How the wait has changed

Young 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	Young Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	166	72	57
2012–13	74	71	60
2013–14	81	69	56
2014–15	312	70	51
2015–16	not published	69	52
2016–17	255	72	52
2017–18	206	75	56
2018–19	not published	77	59
2019–20	not published	78	67
2020–21	not published	92	76
2021–22	not published	90	77
2022–23	not published	115	82
2023–24	not published	97	70
2024–25	191	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 Young Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales