Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Gosford Hospital
Half of patients at Gosford Hospital waited 273 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 Gosford 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
- 273 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 159 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 18.2%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 172 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 151 days in 2011–12 to 273 days in 2024–25 — up 81% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, about 38 km away, at 85 days. Here, 18.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gosford Hospital | 273 days | 18.2% | 159 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.
Wyong Hospital, NSW · about 22 km away: 296 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 85 days
Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW · about 38 km away: 78 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 47 km away: 98 days
Ryde Hospital, NSW · about 48 km away: 50 days
Concord Repatriation Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 56 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], NSW · about 52 km away: 62 days
Belmont Hospital, NSW · about 52 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gosford Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gosford Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 151 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 119 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 132 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 116 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 231 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 85 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 87 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 89 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 143 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 219 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 299 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 274 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 273 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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