Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Kangaroo Island Health Service

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: 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 6 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
Kangaroo Island Health Service	15 days	not published	10 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 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.

South Coast District HospitalSA · about 88 km away28 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 97 km away44 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 110 km away81 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 118 km away110 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 118 km away157 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 120 km away14 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 128 km away49 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 132 km away103 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	Kangaroo Island Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not published	33	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	29	60
2013–14	not published	33	56
2014–15	not published	32	51
2015–16	not published	34	52
2016–17	not published	38	52
2017–18	not published	41	56
2018–19	not published	43	59
2019–20	not published	51	67
2020–21	not published	58	76
2021–22	not published	59	77
2022–23	not published	65	82
2023–24	not published	64	70
2024–25	15	74	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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