Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Shepparton area of Victoria, 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: 57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 129 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 58 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 75 days in 2011–12 to 57 days in 2024–25 — down 24% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Northeast Health Wangaratta, about 81 km away, at 46 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
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]	57 days	0.0%	129 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.

Northeast Health WangarattaVIC · about 81 km away46 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 109 km away71 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 135 km away106 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 148 km away26 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 158 km away30 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 158 km away48 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 161 km away84 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 163 km away56 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	Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	75	60	57
2012–13	81	71	60
2013–14	44	57	56
2014–15	27	42	51
2015–16	43	40	52
2016–17	47	38	52
2017–18	49	40	56
2018–19	34	39	59
2019–20	24	43	67
2020–21	70	71	76
2021–22	49	81	77
2022–23	57	81	82
2023–24	48	47	70
2024–25	57	45	73

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

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