Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria, 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: 125 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 49 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 145 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 68 days in 2016–17 to 125 days in 2024–25 — up 84% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 151 km away, at 7 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
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	125 days	not published	49 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 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.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away7 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away41 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away28 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 189 km away97 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away189 days
Millicent and District Hospital and Health ServiceSA · about 205 km away55 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 216 km away79 days
Naracoorte Health ServiceSA · about 219 km away29 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 — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

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	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	60	57
2012–13	not reported for this period	71	60
2013–14	not reported for this period	57	56
2014–15	not reported for this period	42	51
2015–16	not reported for this period	40	52
2016–17	68	38	52
2017–18	38	40	56
2018–19	86	39	59
2019–20	55	43	67
2020–21	106	71	76
2021–22	99	81	77
2022–23	136	81	82
2023–24	112	47	70
2024–25	125	45	73

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

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