Herniorrhaphy waiting time at North Canberra Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for 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: 199 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 110 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 20.9%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 136 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 Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
North Canberra Hospital	199 days	20.9%	110 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)	140 days	12.7%	229 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	132 days	10.6%	4206 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	86 days	6.9%	12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

The Canberra HospitalACT · about 10 km away127 days
Queanbeyan HospitalNSW · about 17 km away28 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 80 km away178 days
Moruya HospitalNSW · about 114 km away89 days
Young HospitalNSW · about 127 km away224 days
Shoalhaven HospitalNSW · about 144 km away312 days
Bowral HospitalNSW · about 149 km away77 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 158 km away294 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

North Canberra Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	North Canberra Hospital (days)	ACT (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not reported for this period	98	63
2017–18	not reported for this period	123	67
2018–19	not reported for this period	49	69
2019–20	not reported for this period	155	78
2020–21	not reported for this period	136	92
2021–22	not reported for this period	113	97
2022–23	not reported for this period	125	108
2023–24	222	not published	87
2024–25	199	140	86

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 North Canberra Hospital · Herniorrhaphy across Australia · Herniorrhaphy in Australian Capital Territory