Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Werribee Mercy 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 Hoppers Crossing 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: 189 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 129 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.0%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 162 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2011–12 to 189 days in 2024–25 — up 226% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 89 days. Here, 14.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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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
Werribee Mercy Hospital	189 days	14.0%	129 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.

Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 17 km away89 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 18 km away79 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 20 km away90 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 24 km away24 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 25 km away101 days
The AlfredVIC · about 25 km away49 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 29 km away21 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 33 km away97 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	Werribee Mercy Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	58	60	57
2012–13	50	71	60
2013–14	41	57	56
2014–15	35	42	51
2015–16	44	40	52
2016–17	56	38	52
2017–18	40	40	56
2018–19	42	39	59
2019–20	39	43	67
2020–21	99	71	76
2021–22	103	81	77
2022–23	110	81	82
2023–24	163	47	70
2024–25	189	45	73

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

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