Hernia repair waiting time at Geraldton Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hernia repair — published by the source as “Herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Beachlands area of Western 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: 107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 52 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 101 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 88% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 24 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Geraldton Hospital	107 days	0.0%	52 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	5.9%	1430 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	86 days	6.9%	12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 347 km away24 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 364 km away77 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 371 km away189 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 373 km away71 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 373 km away263 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 373 km away49 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away118 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away85 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Geraldton Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Geraldton Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	57	43	63
2017–18	71	56	67
2018–19	96	58	69
2019–20	105	69	78
2020–21	103	78	92
2021–22	170	89	97
2022–23	226	94	108
2023–24	110	76	87
2024–25	107	78	86

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

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