Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy waiting times in Western Australia

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

28 public hospitals in Western Australia reported Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in 2024–25. The state median was 79 days; the national median was 73 days.

7 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.

Perth Children's Hospital22 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public)26 days
Peel Health Campus36 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital49 days
Kalgoorlie Health Campus54 days
Narrogin Hospital54 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital72 days
Albany Hospital74 days
Bunbury Hospital76 days
Northam Hospital85 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service89 days
Geraldton Hospital97 days
Osborne Park Hospital99 days
Bentley Health Service101 days
Busselton Health Campus103 days
Rockingham General Hospital111 days
Broome Hospital113 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital140 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital166 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus189 days
Esperance Hospital219 days
Bridgetown Hospitalnot published
Derby Hospitalnot published
Hedland Health Campusnot published
Karratha Health Campusnot published
Katanning Hospitalnot published
Kununurra Hospitalnot published
Warren Hospitalnot published

Inguinal herniotomy/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	Perth Children's Hospital	22 days	2.7%	73 surgeries
2	Joondalup Health Campus (Public)	26 days	0.0%	149 surgeries
3	Peel Health Campus	36 days	0.0%	89 surgeries
4	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	49 days	0.0%	157 surgeries
5	Kalgoorlie Health Campus	54 days	not published	24 surgeries
5	Narrogin Hospital	54 days	not published	19 surgeries
7	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	72 days	1.6%	64 surgeries
8	Albany Hospital	74 days	3.7%	81 surgeries
9	Bunbury Hospital	76 days	3.9%	77 surgeries
10	Northam Hospital	85 days	not published	13 surgeries
11	Fremantle Hospital and Health Service	89 days	1.6%	129 surgeries
12	Geraldton Hospital	97 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
13	Osborne Park Hospital	99 days	3.4%	117 surgeries
14	Bentley Health Service	101 days	7.6%	66 surgeries
15	Busselton Health Campus	103 days	3.2%	93 surgeries
16	Rockingham General Hospital	111 days	2.5%	119 surgeries
17	Broome Hospital	113 days	not published	35 surgeries
18	Fiona Stanley Hospital	140 days	not published	17 surgeries
19	St John of God Midland Public Hospital	166 days	13.4%	82 surgeries
20	Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	189 days	18.0%	61 surgeries
21	Esperance Hospital	219 days	not published	14 surgeries
unranked	Bridgetown Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Derby Hospital	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	Hedland Health Campus	not published	not published	6 surgeries
unranked	Karratha Health Campus	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Katanning Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Kununurra Hospital	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Warren Hospital	not published	not published	7 surgeries

What is not here

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

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state.