Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Geraldton Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/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: 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 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 126 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 51 days in 2011–12 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 90% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 347 km away, at 26 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
Geraldton Hospital	97 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	79 days	3.2%	1576 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.

Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 347 km away26 days
Osborne Park HospitalWA · about 364 km away99 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 371 km away166 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 373 km away72 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 373 km away189 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 373 km away22 days
Northam HospitalWA · about 375 km away85 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 380 km away101 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

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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	Geraldton Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	51	29	57
2012–13	33	34	60
2013–14	37	34	56
2014–15	31	35	51
2015–16	39	35	52
2016–17	64	39	52
2017–18	71	49	56
2018–19	103	50	59
2019–20	111	56	67
2020–21	133	65	76
2021–22	112	68	77
2022–23	165	78	82
2023–24	120	61	70
2024–25	97	79	73

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

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