Herniorrhaphy waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

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: 114 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 12.0%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 108 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
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	114 days	12.0%	50 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	92 days	11.3%	398 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	56 days	3.6%	3381 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away62 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away71 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away32 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 189 km away111 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away125 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 216 km away124 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 219 km away104 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 221 km away83 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state. Public hospital referrals can cross state borders. Ask your general practitioner (GP) what that would mean for you — see can my GP refer me to a different hospital?

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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	77	48	63
2017–18	52	49	67
2018–19	68	49	69
2019–20	69	54	78
2020–21	91	106	92
2021–22	116	110	97
2022–23	138	129	108
2023–24	153	69	87
2024–25	114	56	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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