Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Lyell McEwin 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 Elizabeth Vale area of South Australia, 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: 100 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 91 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 7.7%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 131 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 126 days in 2011–12 to 100 days in 2024–25 — down 21% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Gawler Health Service, about 19 km away, at 48 days. Here, 7.7% 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
Lyell McEwin Hospital	100 days	7.7%	91 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.

Modbury HospitalSA · about 10 km away103 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 19 km away48 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 19 km away14 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 19 km away110 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 21 km away157 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 32 km away81 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 42 km away49 days
Angaston District HospitalSA · about 45 km away35 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	Lyell McEwin Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	126	33	57
2012–13	92	29	60
2013–14	52	33	56
2014–15	53	32	51
2015–16	63	34	52
2016–17	75	38	52
2017–18	77	41	56
2018–19	82	43	59
2019–20	95	51	67
2020–21	131	58	76
2021–22	125	59	77
2022–23	118	65	82
2023–24	92	64	70
2024–25	100	74	73

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

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