Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Bass Coast Health

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the South Dudley area of Victoria, 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: 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 70 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 84 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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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
Bass Coast Health	42 days	0.0%	70 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 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.

West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]VIC · about 57 km away49 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 64 km away57 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 64 km away48 days
Casey HospitalVIC · about 66 km away49 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 77 km away58 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 82 km away79 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 84 km away21 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 87 km away21 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	Bass Coast Health (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	60	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	71	60
2013–14	not reported for this period	57	56
2014–15	not reported for this period	42	51
2015–16	not reported for this period	40	52
2016–17	not reported for this period	38	52
2017–18	not reported for this period	40	56
2018–19	not reported for this period	39	59
2019–20	not reported for this period	43	67
2020–21	not reported for this period	71	76
2021–22	not reported for this period	81	77
2022–23	not reported for this period	81	82
2023–24	not reported for this period	47	70
2024–25	42	45	73

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

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