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Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, nationally and by state.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Across Australia, the median wait for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in public hospitals was 73 days in 2024–25, from 16694 surgeries. 5.0% of people waited more than 365 days. 186 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank State or territory Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Northern Territory 43 days 0.8% 118 surgeries
2 Victoria 45 days 2.6% 4290 surgeries
3 Queensland 70 days 3.0% 3303 surgeries
4 Tasmania 72 days 10.0% 360 surgeries
5 South Australia 74 days 4.7% 1092 surgeries
6 Western Australia 79 days 3.2% 1576 surgeries
7 New South Wales 101 days 8.1% 5703 surgeries
8 Australian Capital Territory 133 days 10.3% 252 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year, Australia and the states with the shortest mediansdays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Australia 73NT 43VIC 45QLD 70
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  • NT
  • VIC
  • QLD
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Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodAustralia (days)NT (days)VIC (days)QLD (days)
2011–1257736054
2012–1360527165
2013–1456425756
2014–1551544247
2015–1652554055
2016–1752363858
2017–1856374061
2018–1959463966
2019–2067734374
2020–2176357164
2021–2277not published8170
2022–2382508164
2023–2470not published4764
2024–2573434570

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.