Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Bendigo 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: 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 45 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 78 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 42 days in 2011–12 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 69% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 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
The Bendigo Hospital	71 days	not published	45 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 98 km away7 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 104 km away97 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 109 km away57 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away26 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 122 km away79 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 128 km away90 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 130 km away24 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 131 km away48 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	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	42	60	57
2012–13	98	71	60
2013–14	80	57	56
2014–15	47	42	51
2015–16	64	40	52
2016–17	44	38	52
2017–18	53	40	56
2018–19	29	39	59
2019–20	49	43	67
2020–21	49	71	76
2021–22	98	81	77
2022–23	48	81	82
2023–24	96	47	70
2024–25	71	45	73

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

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