Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Moree Hospital
Half of patients at Moree Hospital waited 14 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 Moree 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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2011–12 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Inguinal herniotomy/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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moree Hospital | 14 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 70 days | 3.0% | 3303 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.
Tamworth Hospital, NSW · about 206 km away: 282 days
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 210 km away: 58 days
Warwick Hospital, QLD · about 253 km away: 18 days
Dalby Hospital, QLD · about 292 km away: 84 days
Toowoomba Hospital, QLD · about 295 km away: 89 days
Grafton Base Hospital, NSW · about 301 km away: 57 days
Casino and District Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 318 km away: 35 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 327 km away: 57 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Moree Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Moree Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 17 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 23 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | not published | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 13 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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