Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in South Australia

Public hospitals in South Australia 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.

25 public hospitals in South Australia reported inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25. The state median was 74 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.

4 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.

Women's and Children's Hospital14 days
Kangaroo Island Health Service15 days
Clare Hospital28 days
South Coast District Hospital28 days
Naracoorte Health Service29 days
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services32 days
Port Lincoln Health Service34 days
Angaston District Hospital35 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service41 days
Noarlunga Hospital44 days
Gawler Health Service48 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital49 days
Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service55 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital55 days
Riverland General Hospital61 days
Flinders Medical Centre81 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)83 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital100 days
Modbury Hospital103 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital110 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital157 days
Ceduna District Health Servicenot published
Kapunda Hospitalnot published
Port Pirie Regional Health Servicenot published
Whyalla Hospital and Health Servicesnot published

Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in South 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	Women's and Children's Hospital	14 days	5.5%	55 surgeries
2	Kangaroo Island Health Service	15 days	not published	10 surgeries
3	Clare Hospital	28 days	not published	13 surgeries
3	South Coast District Hospital	28 days	not published	40 surgeries
5	Naracoorte Health Service	29 days	not published	27 surgeries
6	Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services	32 days	not published	29 surgeries
7	Port Lincoln Health Service	34 days	not published	32 surgeries
8	Angaston District Hospital	35 days	not published	26 surgeries
9	Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service	41 days	not published	34 surgeries
10	Noarlunga Hospital	44 days	3.3%	61 surgeries
11	Gawler Health Service	48 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
12	Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	49 days	not published	37 surgeries
13	Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service	55 days	not published	19 surgeries
13	Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital	55 days	not published	29 surgeries
15	Riverland General Hospital	61 days	not published	46 surgeries
16	Flinders Medical Centre	81 days	8.5%	142 surgeries
17	Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)	83 days	not published	21 surgeries
18	Lyell McEwin Hospital	100 days	7.7%	91 surgeries
19	Modbury Hospital	103 days	4.2%	96 surgeries
20	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	110 days	3.4%	118 surgeries
21	Royal Adelaide Hospital	157 days	18.1%	94 surgeries
unranked	Ceduna District Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kapunda Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Port Pirie Regional Health Service	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Whyalla Hospital and Health Services	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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