Herniorrhaphy waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for 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: 144 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 43 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 124 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 Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Adelaide Hospital	144 days	not published	43 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	92 days	11.3%	398 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.

Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 2 km away321 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 6 km away110 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 11 km away71 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 13 km away90 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 21 km away120 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 26 km away78 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	Royal Adelaide Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	80	45	63
2017–18	241	54	67
2018–19	287	51	69
2019–20	not published	78	78
2020–21	157	97	92
2021–22	204	105	97
2022–23	232	97	108
2023–24	195	95	87
2024–25	144	92	86

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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