Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Northam Hospital
Half of patients at Northam Hospital waited 85 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 Northam area of Western Australia.
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
- 85 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 has risen from 7 days in 2011–12 to 85 days in 2024–25 — up 1114% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, about 81 km away, at 49 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northam Hospital | 85 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 79 days | 3.2% | 1576 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.
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 67 km away: 166 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 79 km away: 101 days
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, WA · about 81 km away: 49 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 82 km away: 189 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 84 km away: 26 days
Osborne Park Hospital, WA · about 85 km away: 99 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 87 km away: 22 days
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, WA · about 87 km away: 72 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northam Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northam Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 7 | 29 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 8 | 34 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | not published | 34 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 35 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | not published | 35 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 12 | 39 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 49 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 50 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 56 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 65 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 68 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 89 | 78 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 32 | 61 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 85 | 79 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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