Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Atherton Hospital
Half of patients at Atherton Hospital waited 70 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 Atherton area of Queensland.
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
- 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 76 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2011–12 to 70 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Townsville University Hospital, about 265 km away, at 46 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hospital | 70 days | not published | 35 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 3.0% | 3303 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.
Mareeba Hospital, QLD · about 32 km away: 294 days
Cairns Hospital, QLD · about 50 km away: 89 days
Innisfail Hospital, QLD · about 64 km away: 220 days
Townsville University Hospital, QLD · about 265 km away: 46 days
Proserpine Hospital, QLD · about 477 km away: 98 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
- Atherton Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Atherton Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 20 | 54 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not published | 65 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 56 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 14 | 47 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 34 | 55 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 48 | 58 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 48 | 61 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 62 | 66 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 74 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 77 | 64 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 42 | 70 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 79 | 64 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 84 | 64 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 70 | 70 | 73 |
Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery
These are not figures for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.
Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.
Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Atherton.
- Patients treated
- 38 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Treated within the recommended time
- 100.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Still waiting at the end of the quarter
- 54 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
- Waiting longer than recommended
- 1 patientJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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