Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Young 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 Young area of New South Wales, 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: 191 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 19 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 165 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 166 days in 2011–12 to 191 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 66 km away, at 91 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
Young Hospital	191 days	not published	19 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)	133 days	10.3%	252 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)	101 days	8.1%	5703 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.

Cowra Health ServiceNSW · about 66 km away91 days
Tumut HospitalNSW · about 110 km away73 days
Wagga Wagga HospitalNSW · about 123 km away274 days
North Canberra HospitalACT · about 127 km away191 days
Lachlan Health Service - ParkesNSW · about 130 km away223 days
Orange Health ServiceNSW · about 134 km away90 days
The Canberra HospitalACT · about 136 km away90 days
Goulburn Base HospitalNSW · about 139 km away121 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	Young Hospital (days)	NSW (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	166	72	57
2012–13	74	71	60
2013–14	81	69	56
2014–15	312	70	51
2015–16	not published	69	52
2016–17	255	72	52
2017–18	206	75	56
2018–19	not published	77	59
2019–20	not published	78	67
2020–21	not published	92	76
2021–22	not published	90	77
2022–23	not published	115	82
2023–24	not published	97	70
2024–25	191	101	73

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

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