Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Bathurst Base Hospital
Half of patients at Bathurst Base Hospital waited 129 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 Bathurst 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
- 129 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 146 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 94 days in 2011–12 to 129 days in 2024–25 — up 37% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Orange Health Service, about 46 km away, at 90 days. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
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.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst Base Hospital | 129 days | 1.9% | 54 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 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.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 46 km away: 90 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 53 km away: 84 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 77 km away: 84 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 89 km away: 129 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 94 km away: 91 days
Nepean Hospital, NSW · about 113 km away: 317 days
Hawkesbury Hospital, NSW · about 118 km away: 173 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 314 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bathurst Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bathurst Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 94 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 250 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 130 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 74 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 83 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 88 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 80 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 71 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 82 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 91 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 85 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 334 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 172 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 129 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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