Herniorrhaphy waiting times

Public hospital waiting times for Herniorrhaphy, nationally and by state.

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

Across Australia, the median wait for Herniorrhaphy in public hospitals was 86 days in 2024–25, from 12195 surgeries. 6.9% of people waited more than 365 days. 169 public hospitals published a median wait for it.

State by state

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

Herniorrhaphy in public hospitals by state and territory, 2024–25. States with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	State or territory	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	Victoria	56 days	3.6%	3381 surgeries
2	Western Australia	78 days	5.9%	1430 surgeries
3	Queensland	87 days	4.3%	2476 surgeries
4	South Australia	92 days	11.3%	398 surgeries
5	New South Wales	132 days	10.6%	4206 surgeries
6	Australian Capital Territory	140 days	12.7%	229 surgeries
unranked	Northern Territory	not published	not published	75 surgeries

How the wait has changed

Australia
VIC
WA
QLD

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Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Australia (days)	VIC (days)	WA (days)	QLD (days)
2016–17	63	48	43	69
2017–18	67	49	56	75
2018–19	69	49	58	77
2019–20	78	54	69	85
2020–21	92	106	78	78
2021–22	97	110	89	85
2022–23	108	129	94	80
2023–24	87	69	76	80
2024–25	86	56	78	87

What is not here

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

The source calls this collection “elective surgery”. This site calls it planned surgery, because the surgery is planned in advance rather than optional — the methodology explains the wording.