Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Murwillumbah District Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the South Murwillumbah area of New South Wales was 85 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
85 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 105 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here is unchanged from 2011–12 (85 days) — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Robina Hospital, about 28 km away, at 67 days.

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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Murwillumbah District Hospital85 daysnot published12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)101 days8.1%5703 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)70 days3.0%3303 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 Murwillumbah District Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays0501001502002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Murwillumbah District Hospital 85NSW 101Australia 73
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMurwillumbah District Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12857257
2012–131357160
2013–141306956
2014–151187051
2015–16616952
2016–17797252
2017–181887556
2018–19997759
2019–201397867
2020–21919276
2021–22799077
2022–236411582
2023–241499770
2024–258510173

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

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