Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Moruya Hospital
Half of patients at Moruya Hospital waited 105 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 Moruya 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
- 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 46 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 137 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2011–12 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 36% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queanbeyan Hospital, about 98 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moruya Hospital | 105 days | not published | 46 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 10.3% | 252 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.
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 89 km away: 256 days
Cooma Hospital and Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 185 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 98 km away: 70 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 107 km away: 90 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 114 km away: 191 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 125 km away: 308 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 133 km away: 121 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 161 km away: 63 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
- Moruya Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Moruya Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 77 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 86 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 86 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 54 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 60 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 129 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 57 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 34 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 41 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 71 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 57 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 20 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 105 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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