Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]

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: 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 165 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.6%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 41 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
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	48 days	0.6%	165 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.

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 1 km away30 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 9 km away56 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away101 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 10 km away24 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away49 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away26 days
Blackburn Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 13 km away32 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 15 km away90 days

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

How the wait has changed

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
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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	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	60	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	71	60
2013–14	not reported for this period	57	56
2014–15	not reported for this period	42	51
2015–16	not reported for this period	40	52
2016–17	not reported for this period	38	52
2017–18	not reported for this period	40	56
2018–19	not reported for this period	39	59
2019–20	not reported for this period	43	67
2020–21	not reported for this period	71	76
2021–22	not reported for this period	81	77
2022–23	not reported for this period	81	82
2023–24	55	47	70
2024–25	48	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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