Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Lachlan Health Service - Parkes
Half of patients at Lachlan Health Service - Parkes waited 223 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 Parkes 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
- 223 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 169 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2011–12 to 223 days in 2024–25 — up 914% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Orange Health Service, about 88 km away, at 90 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan Health Service - Parkes | 223 days | not published | 22 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.
Orange Health Service, NSW · about 88 km away: 90 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 90 km away: 91 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 110 km away: 273 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 130 km away: 191 days
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 129 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 146 km away: 129 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 186 km away: 84 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 209 km away: 84 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Lachlan Health Service - Parkes
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Lachlan Health Service - Parkes (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 22 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 33 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 32 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 24 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 25 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 88 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 88 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 150 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 223 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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