Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Albany Hospital
Half of patients at Albany Hospital waited 74 days or less for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Spencer Park area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 74 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 81 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 3.7%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 85 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 31 days in 2011–12 to 74 days in 2024–25 — up 139% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Narrogin Hospital, about 240 km away, at 54 days. Here, 3.7% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Hospital | 74 days | 3.7% | 81 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 3.2% | 1576 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 73 days | 5.0% | 16694 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 240 km away: 54 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 276 km away: 76 days
Busselton Health Campus, WA · about 281 km away: 103 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 339 km away: 36 days
Rockingham General Hospital, WA · about 360 km away: 111 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 364 km away: 49 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 378 km away: 140 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 380 km away: 101 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Albany Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Albany Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 31 | 29 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 47 | 34 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 61 | 34 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 77 | 35 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 68 | 35 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 48 | 39 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 57 | 49 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 73 | 50 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 102 | 56 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 103 | 65 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 68 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 61 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 96 | 61 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 74 | 79 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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