Hernia repair waiting time at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
Half of patients at Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital waited 112 days or less for hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Condell Park area of New South Wales.
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
- 112 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 134 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 6.0%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 106 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 59 days in 2016–17 to 112 days in 2024–25 — up 90% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Canterbury Hospital, about 7 km away, at 91 days. Here, 6.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital | 112 days | 6.0% | 134 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 12195 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.
Canterbury Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 91 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 67 days
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 8 km away: 351 days
St George Hospital NSW, NSW · about 11 km away: 156 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 47 days
Fairfield Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 319 days
Sutherland Hospital, NSW · about 14 km away: 252 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 15 km away: 102 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 59 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 49 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 63 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 58 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 68 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 111 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 123 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 83 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 112 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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