Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Liverpool Hospital

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: 183 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 121 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 22.3%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 160 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
Liverpool Hospital	183 days	22.3%	121 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.

Fairfield HospitalNSW · about 7 km away323 days
Bankstown Lidcombe HospitalNSW · about 8 km away120 days
Auburn HospitalNSW · about 12 km away71 days
Westmead HospitalNSW · about 14 km away107 days
The Children's Hospital at WestmeadNSW · about 14 km away9 days
Canterbury HospitalNSW · about 15 km away91 days
Blacktown HospitalNSW · about 16 km away148 days
Concord Repatriation HospitalNSW · about 18 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	Liverpool Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	82	72	57
2012–13	76	71	60
2013–14	61	69	56
2014–15	64	70	51
2015–16	58	69	52
2016–17	92	72	52
2017–18	76	75	56
2018–19	181	77	59
2019–20	234	78	67
2020–21	225	92	76
2021–22	161	90	77
2022–23	168	115	82
2023–24	183	97	70
2024–25	183	101	73

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

All surgery at Liverpool Hospital · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales