Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Bathurst Base 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: 129 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.9%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 146 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
Bathurst Base Hospital	129 days	1.9%	54 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.

Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 46 km away90 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 53 km away84 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 77 km away84 days
Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 89 km away129 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 94 km away91 days
Nepean HospitalNSW · about 113 km away317 days
Hawkesbury HospitalNSW · about 118 km away173 days
Mount Druitt HospitalNSW · about 123 km away314 days

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

How the wait has changed

Bathurst Base 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	Bathurst Base Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	94	72	57
2012–13	250	71	60
2013–14	130	69	56
2014–15	74	70	51
2015–16	83	69	52
2016–17	88	72	52
2017–18	80	75	56
2018–19	71	77	59
2019–20	82	78	67
2020–21	91	92	76
2021–22	85	90	77
2022–23	334	115	82
2023–24	172	97	70
2024–25	129	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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