Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Naracoorte Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Naracoorte 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: 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 27 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 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 31 days in 2011–12 to 29 days in 2024–25 — down 6% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is South Coast District Hospital, about 247 km away, at 28 days.

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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
Naracoorte Health Service	29 days	not published	27 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 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.

Millicent and District Hospital and Health ServiceSA · about 78 km away55 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 93 km away41 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]VIC · about 219 km away125 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 243 km away55 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 247 km away28 days

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

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	Naracoorte Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	31	33	57
2012–13	not published	29	60
2013–14	28	33	56
2014–15	42	32	51
2015–16	38	34	52
2016–17	not published	38	52
2017–18	36	41	56
2018–19	23	43	59
2019–20	73	51	67
2020–21	19	58	76
2021–22	not published	59	77
2022–23	26	65	82
2023–24	33	64	70
2024–25	29	74	73

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

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