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Hernia repair waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria 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.

38 public hospitals in Victoria reported hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 56 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.

5 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 Victoria 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 Sandringham Hospital 18 days 0.0% 87 surgeries
2 Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health 26 days not published 12 surgeries
3 St Vincent's On the Park 27 days 0.0% 56 surgeries
4 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 30 days 0.0% 354 surgeries
5 University Hospital Geelong 32 days 0.0% 172 surgeries
6 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 35 days 0.6% 180 surgeries
6 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 35 days 0.0% 73 surgeries
8 Bass Coast Health 41 days 0.0% 92 surgeries
9 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 43 days 2.0% 51 surgeries
10 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 45 days 4.3% 70 surgeries
11 The Alfred 47 days 0.0% 106 surgeries
12 Northeast Health Wangaratta 49 days 0.0% 59 surgeries
13 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 57 days 0.0% 128 surgeries
14 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 58 days 1.0% 98 surgeries
15 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 62 days 2.5% 158 surgeries
15 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 62 days not published 13 surgeries
17 Frankston Hospital 65 days 0.0% 138 surgeries
18 Casey Hospital 68 days 2.1% 140 surgeries
19 Angliss Hospital 76 days 3.2% 126 surgeries
20 Box Hill Hospital 77 days 6.3% 127 surgeries
21 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 78 days 0.0% 85 surgeries
22 Dandenong Hospital 80 days 3.1% 96 surgeries
23 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 83 days 6.1% 181 surgeries
23 Western Hospital [Footscray] 83 days not published 40 surgeries
25 The Bendigo Hospital 94 days 9.7% 72 surgeries
26 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 97 days 1.5% 130 surgeries
27 Williamstown Hospital 104 days 1.9% 54 surgeries
28 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] 111 days not published 13 surgeries
29 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 112 days 11.9% 118 surgeries
30 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 114 days 12.0% 50 surgeries
31 Sunshine Hospital 124 days 3.1% 64 surgeries
32 Werribee Mercy Hospital 125 days 15.4% 123 surgeries
33 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 130 days 24.0% 100 surgeries
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Camperdown] not published not published not published
unranked Yarra Ranges Health not published not published not published

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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