Hernia repair waiting time at Fairfield Hospital
Half of patients at Fairfield Hospital waited 319 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 Prairiewood 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
- 319 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 74 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.4%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 157 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 127 days in 2016–17 to 319 days in 2024–25 — up 151% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Blacktown Hospital, about 9 km away, at 239 days. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 319 days | 1.4% | 74 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.
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 351 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 239 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 102 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 10 km away: 220 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 67 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 327 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 112 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 47 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Fairfield Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Fairfield Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 127 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 233 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 340 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 333 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 326 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 372 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 332 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 250 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 319 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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