Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Bentley Health Service
Half of patients at Bentley Health Service waited 101 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 St James 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
- 101 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 66 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.6%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 132 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2011–12 to 101 days in 2024–25 — up 261% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 11 km away, at 22 days. Here, 7.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Health Service | 101 days | 7.6% | 66 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.
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 8 km away: 189 days
Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA · about 10 km away: 140 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 22 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 11 km away: 72 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 14 km away: 166 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 17 km away: 49 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 18 km away: 99 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 18 km away: 89 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Bentley Health Service
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Bentley Health Service (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 43 | 34 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 36 | 34 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 39 | 35 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 36 | 35 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 35 | 39 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 50 | 49 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 50 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 26 | 56 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 65 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 48 | 68 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 50 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 38 | 61 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 101 | 79 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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