Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Casey 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: 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 213 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.5%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 44 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
Casey Hospital	49 days	0.5%	213 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.

Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 14 km away58 days
Angliss HospitalVIC · about 17 km away79 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 21 km away21 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 22 km away57 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 22 km away48 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 28 km away84 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 29 km away32 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 30 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	Casey Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	69	60	57
2012–13	92	71	60
2013–14	54	57	56
2014–15	38	42	51
2015–16	29	40	52
2016–17	34	38	52
2017–18	41	40	56
2018–19	46	39	59
2019–20	92	43	67
2020–21	176	71	76
2021–22	168	81	77
2022–23	289	81	82
2023–24	74	47	70
2024–25	49	45	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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