Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Coffs Harbour 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: 327 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 99 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 27.3%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 185 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
Coffs Harbour Hospital	327 days	27.3%	99 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.

Macksville District HospitalNSW · about 47 km away335 days
Grafton Base HospitalNSW · about 73 km away57 days
Kempsey District HospitalNSW · about 87 km away88 days
Port Macquarie Base HospitalNSW · about 128 km away138 days
Armidale HospitalNSW · about 140 km away58 days
Casino and District Memorial HospitalNSW · about 162 km away35 days
Ballina District HospitalNSW · about 168 km away61 days
Lismore Base HospitalNSW · about 169 km away79 days

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

How the wait has changed

Coffs Harbour 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	Coffs Harbour Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	105	72	57
2012–13	82	71	60
2013–14	87	69	56
2014–15	132	70	51
2015–16	137	69	52
2016–17	276	72	52
2017–18	247	75	56
2018–19	230	77	59
2019–20	143	78	67
2020–21	235	92	76
2021–22	165	90	77
2022–23	207	115	82
2023–24	366	97	70
2024–25	327	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.

All surgery at Coffs Harbour Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales