Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Osborne Park Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Stirling area of Western 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: 99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 117 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 3.4%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 130 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2011–12 to 99 days in 2024–25 — up 106% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, about 9 km away, at 72 days. Here, 3.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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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
Osborne Park Hospital	99 days	3.4%	117 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	79 days	3.2%	1576 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.

Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 9 km away72 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 9 km away22 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 10 km away189 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)WA · about 17 km away26 days
Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 18 km away101 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 19 km away166 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 20 km away89 days
Fiona Stanley HospitalWA · about 21 km away140 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	Osborne Park Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	48	29	57
2012–13	42	34	60
2013–14	50	34	56
2014–15	61	35	51
2015–16	90	35	52
2016–17	74	39	52
2017–18	85	49	56
2018–19	84	50	59
2019–20	84	56	67
2020–21	73	65	76
2021–22	86	68	77
2022–23	71	78	82
2023–24	74	61	70
2024–25	99	79	73

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

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