Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting time at Orange 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: 90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 62 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.2%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 116 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
Orange Health Service	90 days	3.2%	62 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	101 days	8.1%	5703 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.

Bathurst Base HospitalNSW · about 46 km away129 days
Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 68 km away91 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 88 km away223 days
Mudgee Health ServiceNSW · about 92 km away129 days
Lithgow HospitalNSW · about 98 km away84 days
Blue Mountains HospitalNSW · about 122 km away84 days
Dubbo HospitalNSW · about 128 km away273 days
Young HospitalNSW · about 134 km away191 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	Orange Health Service (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	82	72	57
2012–13	45	71	60
2013–14	68	69	56
2014–15	77	70	51
2015–16	69	69	52
2016–17	80	72	52
2017–18	103	75	56
2018–19	83	77	59
2019–20	162	78	67
2020–21	106	92	76
2021–22	67	90	77
2022–23	83	115	82
2023–24	75	97	70
2024–25	90	101	73

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 Orange Health Service · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy across Australia · Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in New South Wales