Hernia repair waiting time at Goulburn Base Hospital
Half of patients at Goulburn Base Hospital waited 178 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 Goulburn 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
- 178 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 129 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 120 days in 2016–17 to 178 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bowral Hospital, about 71 km away, at 77 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Base Hospital | 178 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 12.7% | 229 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.
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 71 km away: 77 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 80 km away: 28 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 80 km away: 199 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 82 km away: 312 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 87 km away: 127 days
Shellharbour Hospital, NSW · about 105 km away: 140 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 113 km away: 125 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 349 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Goulburn Base Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Goulburn Base Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 120 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 92 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 120 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 77 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 84 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 165 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 147 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 101 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 178 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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