Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Esperance Hospital
Half of patients at Esperance Hospital waited 219 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 Esperance 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
- 219 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 167 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 2012–13 to 219 days in 2024–25 — up 682% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Kalgoorlie Health Campus, about 349 km away, at 54 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esperance Hospital | 219 days | not published | 14 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.
Kalgoorlie Health Campus, WA · about 349 km away: 54 days
Albany Hospital, WA · about 387 km away: 74 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 450 km away: 54 days
Northam Hospital, WA · about 547 km away: 85 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 580 km away: 49 days
Bunbury Hospital, WA · about 581 km away: 76 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 589 km away: 36 days
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 591 km away: 166 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Esperance Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Esperance Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not published | 29 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 34 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 49 | 34 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 43 | 35 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 50 | 35 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 79 | 39 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 118 | 49 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 50 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 101 | 56 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 78 | 65 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 87 | 68 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 176 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 80 | 61 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 219 | 79 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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