Hernia repair waiting time at Queensland Children's Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hernia repair — published by the source as “Herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the South Brisbane area of Queensland, 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: 151 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 58 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 6.9%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 126 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 151 days in 2024–25 — up 76% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Mater Adult Hospital, about 0 km away, at 98 days. Here, 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Queensland Children's Hospital	151 days	6.9%	58 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	87 days	4.3%	2476 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.

Mater Adult HospitalQLD · about 0 km away98 days
Princess Alexandra HospitalQLD · about 2 km away50 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation ServiceQLD · about 4 km away111 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's HospitalQLD · about 4 km away99 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee HospitalQLD · about 9 km away76 days
The Prince Charles HospitalQLD · about 10 km away80 days
Redland HospitalQLD · about 23 km away56 days
Logan HospitalQLD · about 24 km away130 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 Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Queensland Children's Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	86	69	63
2017–18	278	75	67
2018–19	233	77	69
2019–20	79	85	78
2020–21	159	78	92
2021–22	162	85	97
2022–23	202	80	108
2023–24	122	80	87
2024–25	151	87	86

Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery

These are not figures for herniorrhaphy. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Queensland Children's.

Patients treated: 676 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time: 88.2%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter: 565 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended: 54 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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