Hernia repair waiting time at Flinders Medical Centre
Half of patients at Flinders Medical Centre waited 71 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 Bedford Park area of South 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
- 71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.0%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 49 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 57 days in 2016–17 to 71 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — 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. Here, 2.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flinders Medical Centre | 71 days | 2.0% | 50 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 11.3% | 398 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 11 km away: 144 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 13 km away: 321 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 15 km away: 78 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 16 km away: 110 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 24 km away: 90 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 32 km away: 120 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Flinders Medical Centre
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Flinders Medical Centre (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 57 | 45 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 54 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 51 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 78 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 92 | 97 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 105 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 239 | 97 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 99 | 95 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 71 | 92 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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