Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Healesville area of Victoria was 26 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 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 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 122 days in 2022–23 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 79% — while the national median fell from 108 days to 86 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health26 daysnot published12 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)56 days3.6%3381 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)86 days6.9%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for herniorrhaphy by financial year at Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health, compared with Victoria and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health 26VIC 56Australia 86
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodHealesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period4863
2017–18not reported for this period4967
2018–19not reported for this period4969
2019–20not reported for this period5478
2020–21not published10692
2021–22not published11097
2022–23122129108
2023–24286987
2024–25265686

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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