Hernia repair waiting time at Cowra Health Service
Half of patients at Cowra Health Service waited 89 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 Cowra 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
- 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 78 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 89 days in 2024–25 — up 207% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowra Health Service | 89 days | not published | 15 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.
Young Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 224 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 298 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 90 km away: 232 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 200 days
Temora Hospital, NSW · about 126 km away: 116 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 170 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 178 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 151 km away: 213 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Cowra Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Cowra Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 29 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 32 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 59 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 42 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 102 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 89 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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