Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Moruya Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Moruya area of New South Wales was 105 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
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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Moruya Hospital105 daysnot published46 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)133 days10.3%252 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)101 days8.1%5703 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%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.

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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Moruya Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Moruya Hospital 105NSW 101Australia 73
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Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMoruya Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12777257
2012–13867160
2013–14866956
2014–15547051
2015–16606952
2016–171297252
2017–18577556
2018–19347759
2019–20417867
2020–21719276
2021–22579077
2022–232011582
2023–24209770
2024–2510510173

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

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