Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Angaston District Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Penrice area of South Australia, 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: 35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 26 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 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2011–12 to 35 days in 2024–25 — up 59% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 62 km away, at 14 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Angaston District Hospital	35 days	not published	26 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.

Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 29 km away48 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 45 km away100 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 50 km away103 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 62 km away14 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 63 km away157 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 64 km away110 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 66 km away49 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 73 km away55 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	Angaston District Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	22	33	57
2012–13	18	29	60
2013–14	13	33	56
2014–15	27	32	51
2015–16	23	34	52
2016–17	24	38	52
2017–18	27	41	56
2018–19	23	43	59
2019–20	28	51	67
2020–21	13	58	76
2021–22	not published	59	77
2022–23	not published	65	82
2023–24	16	64	70
2024–25	35	74	73

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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