Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at North Canberra Hospital

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Bruce area of Australian Capital Territory was 199 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
199 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
110 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
20.9%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 136 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 222 days in 2023–24 to 199 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median fell from 87 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Canberra Hospital, about 10 km away, at 127 days. Here, 20.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "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 Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
North Canberra Hospital199 days20.9%110 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)140 days12.7%229 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)132 days10.6%4206 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)86 days6.9%12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 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 herniorrhaphy by financial year at North Canberra Hospital, compared with Australian Capital Territory and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25North Canberra Hospital 199ACT 140Australia 86
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodNorth Canberra Hospital (days)ACT (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period9863
2017–18not reported for this period12367
2018–19not reported for this period4969
2019–20not reported for this period15578
2020–21not reported for this period13692
2021–22not reported for this period11397
2022–23not reported for this period125108
2023–24222not published87
2024–2519914086

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

All surgery at North Canberra Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in Australian Capital Territory