Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Fairfield Hospital
Half of patients at Fairfield Hospital waited 323 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 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
- 323 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 151 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 184 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 91 days in 2011–12 to 323 days in 2024–25 — up 255% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 7 km away, at 183 days. Here, 0.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield Hospital | 323 days | 0.0% | 151 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.
Liverpool Hospital, NSW · about 7 km away: 183 days
Blacktown Hospital, NSW · about 9 km away: 148 days
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 10 km away: 107 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 10 km away: 9 days
Auburn Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 71 days
Mount Druitt Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 314 days
Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital, NSW · about 13 km away: 120 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 18 km away: 56 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 91 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 199 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 131 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 189 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 163 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 86 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 119 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 317 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 302 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 325 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 369 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 322 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 290 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 323 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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