Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Cowra Health Service
Half of patients at Cowra Health Service waited 91 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 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
- 91 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 121 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2011–12 to 91 days in 2024–25 — up 264% — 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 68 km away, at 90 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowra Health Service | 91 days | not published | 23 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.
Young Hospital, NSW · about 66 km away: 191 days
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 90 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 90 km away: 223 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 129 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 84 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 138 km away: 121 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 151 km away: 84 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 160 km away: 129 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 25 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 59 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 67 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 44 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 62 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 24 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 51 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 61 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 41 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 51 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 40 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 91 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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