Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Naracoorte 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: 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.

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. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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

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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