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Hernia repair waiting times in Western Australia

Public hospitals in Western Australia 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.

28 public hospitals in Western Australia reported hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 78 days; the national median was 86 days.

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6 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 Western Australia 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 Joondalup Health Campus (Public) 24 days 0.0% 105 surgeries
2 Peel Health Campus 42 days 0.0% 121 surgeries
3 Hedland Health Campus 44 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Kalgoorlie Health Campus 45 days not published 28 surgeries
5 Perth Children's Hospital 49 days 2.9% 105 surgeries
6 Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 58 days 2.3% 133 surgeries
7 Karratha Health Campus 70 days not published 30 surgeries
8 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital 71 days 11.5% 61 surgeries
9 Albany Hospital 74 days not published 39 surgeries
10 Osborne Park Hospital 77 days 1.7% 59 surgeries
11 Bunbury Hospital 79 days 0.0% 62 surgeries
12 Fremantle Hospital and Health Service 85 days 0.9% 116 surgeries
13 Busselton Health Campus 90 days 0.0% 59 surgeries
14 Kununurra Hospital 96 days not published 10 surgeries
15 Geraldton Hospital 107 days 0.0% 52 surgeries
16 Bentley Health Service 118 days not published 49 surgeries
17 Rockingham General Hospital 120 days 1.1% 88 surgeries
18 Broome Hospital 145 days not published 16 surgeries
19 St John of God Midland Public Hospital 189 days 29.1% 103 surgeries
20 Fiona Stanley Hospital 201 days not published 32 surgeries
21 Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus 263 days 27.6% 87 surgeries
22 Esperance Hospital 265 days not published 14 surgeries
unranked Collie Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Derby Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Katanning Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Narrogin Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Northam Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Warren Hospital not published not published 5 surgeries

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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