Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai 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 Waitara area of New South Wales, 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: 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 87 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 105 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 39 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 118% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ryde Hospital, about 11 km away, at 50 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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	85 days	0.0%	87 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.

Ryde HospitalNSW · about 11 km away50 days
Northern Beaches HospitalNSW · about 12 km away78 days
Royal North Shore HospitalNSW · about 15 km away98 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 15 km away56 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 16 km away9 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 16 km away107 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 19 km away71 days
Blacktown HospitalNSW · about 20 km away148 days

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

How the wait has changed

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai 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	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	39	72	57
2012–13	79	71	60
2013–14	67	69	56
2014–15	55	70	51
2015–16	78	69	52
2016–17	72	72	52
2017–18	70	75	56
2018–19	77	77	59
2019–20	48	78	67
2020–21	46	92	76
2021–22	48	90	77
2022–23	74	115	82
2023–24	57	97	70
2024–25	85	101	73

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

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