Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Port Lincoln Health Service

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Port Lincoln area of South 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: 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 32 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2011–12 to 34 days in 2024–25 — up 143% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kangaroo Island Health Service, about 193 km away, at 15 days.

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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
Port Lincoln Health Service	34 days	not published	32 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 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.

Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 186 km away83 days
Kangaroo Island Health ServiceSA · about 193 km away15 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 246 km away110 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 246 km away44 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	Port Lincoln Health Service (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	14	33	57
2012–13	13	29	60
2013–14	16	33	56
2014–15	27	32	51
2015–16	19	34	52
2016–17	21	38	52
2017–18	24	41	56
2018–19	25	43	59
2019–20	28	51	67
2020–21	29	58	76
2021–22	26	59	77
2022–23	24	65	82
2023–24	34	64	70
2024–25	34	74	73

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

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