Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in Queensland

Public hospitals in Queensland ranked by their median wait for inguinal hernia repair, published by the source as “Inguinal herniotomy/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 “Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy” — groin hernias — and every other hernia, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias, is on hernia repair.

44 public hospitals in Queensland reported inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 70 days; the national median was 73 days.

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

8 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 73 days marks the national median.

Warwick Hospital18 days
Mount Isa Base Hospital20 days
Beaudesert Hospital21 days
Queensland Children's Hospital21 days
Princess Alexandra Hospital29 days
Townsville University Hospital46 days
Redland Hospital56 days
Ipswich Hospital62 days
Gympie Hospital63 days
The Prince Charles Hospital64 days
Redcliffe Hospital65 days
Gold Coast University Hospital67 days
Robina Hospital67 days
Atherton Hospital70 days
Nambour General Hospital71 days
Kingaroy Hospital72 days
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital74 days
Mackay Base Hospital75 days
Maryborough Hospital77 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital77 days
Rockhampton Hospital78 days
Roma Hospital79 days
Mater Adult Hospital82 days
Dalby Hospital84 days
Bundaberg Base Hospital88 days
Cairns Hospital89 days
Toowoomba Hospital89 days
Hervey Bay Hospital90 days
Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service90 days
Logan Hospital92 days
Proserpine Hospital98 days
Caboolture Hospital101 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital130 days
Gladstone Hospital161 days
Innisfail Hospital220 days
Mareeba Hospital294 days
Charleville Hospitalnot published
Cooktown Hospitalnot published
Emerald Hospitalnot published
Goondiwindi Hospitalnot published
Longreach Hospitalnot published
St George Hospital Qldnot published
Stanthorpe Hospitalnot published
Thursday Island Hospitalnot published

Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in Queensland 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	Warwick Hospital	18 days	not published	21 surgeries
2	Mount Isa Base Hospital	20 days	not published	13 surgeries
3	Beaudesert Hospital	21 days	not published	28 surgeries
3	Queensland Children's Hospital	21 days	1.0%	210 surgeries
5	Princess Alexandra Hospital	29 days	1.7%	59 surgeries
6	Townsville University Hospital	46 days	0.7%	148 surgeries
7	Redland Hospital	56 days	0.0%	178 surgeries
8	Ipswich Hospital	62 days	not published	44 surgeries
9	Gympie Hospital	63 days	0.0%	85 surgeries
10	The Prince Charles Hospital	64 days	0.0%	214 surgeries
11	Redcliffe Hospital	65 days	1.2%	86 surgeries
12	Gold Coast University Hospital	67 days	1.5%	133 surgeries
12	Robina Hospital	67 days	0.0%	330 surgeries
14	Atherton Hospital	70 days	not published	35 surgeries
15	Nambour General Hospital	71 days	0.6%	170 surgeries
16	Kingaroy Hospital	72 days	not published	36 surgeries
17	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital	74 days	0.0%	124 surgeries
18	Mackay Base Hospital	75 days	not published	40 surgeries
19	Maryborough Hospital	77 days	5.9%	51 surgeries
19	Sunshine Coast University Hospital	77 days	11.0%	82 surgeries
21	Rockhampton Hospital	78 days	not published	45 surgeries
22	Roma Hospital	79 days	not published	11 surgeries
23	Mater Adult Hospital	82 days	4.3%	92 surgeries
24	Dalby Hospital	84 days	not published	12 surgeries
25	Bundaberg Base Hospital	88 days	1.6%	62 surgeries
26	Cairns Hospital	89 days	5.2%	134 surgeries
26	Toowoomba Hospital	89 days	1.9%	105 surgeries
28	Hervey Bay Hospital	90 days	11.5%	78 surgeries
28	Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service	90 days	7.7%	195 surgeries
30	Logan Hospital	92 days	3.4%	118 surgeries
31	Proserpine Hospital	98 days	not published	25 surgeries
32	Caboolture Hospital	101 days	4.7%	169 surgeries
33	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	130 days	not published	35 surgeries
34	Gladstone Hospital	161 days	not published	43 surgeries
35	Innisfail Hospital	220 days	not published	35 surgeries
36	Mareeba Hospital	294 days	not published	20 surgeries
unranked	Charleville Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Cooktown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Emerald Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Goondiwindi Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Longreach Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	St George Hospital Qld	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Stanthorpe Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Thursday Island Hospital	not published	not published	6 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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