Herniorrhaphy waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

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: 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 354 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 6 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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	30 days	0.0%	354 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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away35 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away45 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away112 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 17 km away62 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away83 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away27 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away83 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away77 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	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	41	48	63
2017–18	33	49	67
2018–19	30	49	69
2019–20	39	54	78
2020–21	90	106	92
2021–22	126	110	97
2022–23	90	129	108
2023–24	29	69	87
2024–25	30	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.

All surgery at The Northern Hospital [Epping] · Herniorrhaphy across Australia · Herniorrhaphy in Victoria