Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Wangaratta area of Victoria, 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: 46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 102 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 2.9%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 50 days in 2011–12 to 46 days in 2024–25 — down 8% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 185 km away, at 26 days. Here, 2.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Northeast Health Wangaratta	46 days	2.9%	102 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	101 days	8.1%	5703 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.

Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]VIC · about 56 km away106 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 81 km away57 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 167 km away274 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 185 km away26 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 187 km away71 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 187 km away84 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 192 km away30 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 192 km away48 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	Northeast Health Wangaratta (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	50	60	57
2012–13	43	71	60
2013–14	72	57	56
2014–15	62	42	51
2015–16	90	40	52
2016–17	68	38	52
2017–18	69	40	56
2018–19	72	39	59
2019–20	54	43	67
2020–21	124	71	76
2021–22	83	81	77
2022–23	43	81	82
2023–24	49	47	70
2024–25	46	45	73

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

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