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Hernia repair waiting times in New South Wales

Public hospitals in New South Wales ranked by their median wait for hernia repair, published by the source as “Herniorrhaphy”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

The source splits hernia repair in two: this page covers “Herniorrhaphy” — hernias other than groin hernias, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias — and groin hernias are on inguinal hernia repair.

80 public hospitals in New South Wales reported hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 132 days; the national median was 86 days.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Herniorrhaphy” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

14 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Herniorrhaphy in New South Wales public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Queanbeyan Hospital 28 days not published 31 surgeries
2 Singleton Hospital 30 days not published 12 surgeries
3 Concord Repatriation Hospital 47 days 0.0% 95 surgeries
4 Murwillumbah District Hospital 52 days not published 13 surgeries
4 Ryde Hospital 52 days not published 41 surgeries
6 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 56 days 0.0% 163 surgeries
7 Griffith Base Hospital 59 days not published 43 surgeries
8 Grafton Base Hospital 62 days 0.0% 93 surgeries
9 Northern Beaches Hospital 64 days 0.0% 61 surgeries
10 Auburn Hospital 67 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
11 Calvary Mater Newcastle 68 days 0.0% 69 surgeries
12 St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst] 69 days 1.1% 91 surgeries
13 Ballina District Hospital 70 days not published 38 surgeries
14 Hawkesbury Hospital 71 days 0.0% 88 surgeries
15 Muswellbrook Hospital 75 days not published 18 surgeries
16 Bowral Hospital 77 days 0.0% 59 surgeries
17 Armidale Hospital 78 days not published 43 surgeries
18 Mudgee Health Service 81 days not published 14 surgeries
19 Cowra Health Service 89 days not published 15 surgeries
19 Moruya Hospital 89 days not published 43 surgeries
21 Canterbury Hospital 91 days 2.3% 86 surgeries
21 Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital 91 days not published 49 surgeries
21 Tweed Valley Hospital 91 days 9.4% 85 surgeries
24 Belmont Hospital 92 days 4.5% 112 surgeries
24 Royal North Shore Hospital 92 days 3.4% 59 surgeries
26 Broken Hill Hospital 97 days not published 26 surgeries
27 Westmead Hospital 102 days 14.7% 68 surgeries
28 Prince of Wales Hospital 104 days 10.6% 104 surgeries
29 Port Macquarie Base Hospital 108 days 9.0% 67 surgeries
30 Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital 112 days 6.0% 134 surgeries
31 Temora Hospital 116 days not published 16 surgeries
32 Wollongong Hospital 125 days 4.7% 86 surgeries
32 Wyong Hospital 125 days 16.8% 101 surgeries
34 Sydney Children's Hospital 133 days not published 12 surgeries
35 Lismore Base Hospital 137 days 6.8% 59 surgeries
36 Shellharbour Hospital 140 days 3.4% 89 surgeries
37 St George Hospital NSW 156 days 18.7% 75 surgeries
38 Lithgow Hospital 170 days not published 10 surgeries
39 Goulburn Base Hospital 178 days not published 34 surgeries
40 John Hunter Hospital 189 days 27.6% 58 surgeries
41 Bathurst Base Hospital 200 days 0.0% 50 surgeries
42 Manning Hospital 207 days 34.1% 88 surgeries
43 Blue Mountains Hospital 213 days 2.0% 50 surgeries
44 Nepean Hospital 220 days 19.0% 116 surgeries
44 The Children's Hospital at Westmead 220 days not published 24 surgeries
46 South East Regional Hospital 222 days not published 47 surgeries
47 Young Hospital 224 days not published 19 surgeries
48 Lachlan Health Service - Parkes 232 days not published 15 surgeries
49 Blacktown Hospital 239 days 1.5% 65 surgeries
50 Sutherland Hospital 252 days not published 40 surgeries
51 Cessnock Hospital 263 days not published 40 surgeries
52 Wagga Wagga Hospital 294 days 23.4% 77 surgeries
53 Orange Health Service 298 days 10.9% 55 surgeries
54 Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 300 days not published 15 surgeries
55 Gosford Hospital 303 days 15.3% 124 surgeries
56 Shoalhaven Hospital 312 days 28.6% 84 surgeries
57 Fairfield Hospital 319 days 1.4% 74 surgeries
58 Coffs Harbour Hospital 322 days 28.4% 95 surgeries
59 Kempsey District Hospital 323 days not published 17 surgeries
60 Mount Druitt Hospital 327 days 3.9% 127 surgeries
61 Macksville District Hospital 328 days not published 27 surgeries
62 Tamworth Hospital 333 days 23.0% 61 surgeries
63 Dubbo Hospital 340 days 42.7% 103 surgeries
64 Maitland Hospital 347 days not published 46 surgeries
65 Campbelltown Hospital 349 days 27.7% 159 surgeries
66 Liverpool Hospital 351 days 37.8% 74 surgeries
unranked Casino and District Memorial Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Cooma Hospital and Health Service not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Cootamundra Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Corowa Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Deniliquin Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Gunnedah Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Inverell Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Lachlan Health Service - Forbes not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Moree Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Narrabri Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Royal Hospital for Women not published not published not published
unranked Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Tumut Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Wauchope District Memorial Hospital not published not published 9 surgeries

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