Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — at this public hospital in the Footscray 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: 90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 62 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 116 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2011–12 to 90 days in 2024–25 — up 13% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 6 km away, at 24 days. Here, 0.0% 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
Western Hospital [Footscray]	90 days	0.0%	62 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.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 6 km away24 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away101 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 7 km away79 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away89 days
The AlfredVIC · about 10 km away49 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 15 km away48 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 16 km away30 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 19 km away26 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	Western Hospital [Footscray] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	80	60	57
2012–13	78	71	60
2013–14	83	57	56
2014–15	79	42	51
2015–16	77	40	52
2016–17	48	38	52
2017–18	71	40	56
2018–19	49	39	59
2019–20	41	43	67
2020–21	86	71	76
2021–22	94	81	77
2022–23	95	81	82
2023–24	50	47	70
2024–25	90	45	73

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

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