Hernia repair waiting time at Orange Health Service
Half of patients at Orange Health Service waited 298 days or less for hernia repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Herniorrhaphy". This public hospital is in the Spring Creek 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
- 298 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 10.9%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 153 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 76 days in 2016–17 to 298 days in 2024–25 — up 292% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Bathurst Base Hospital, about 46 km away, at 200 days. Here, 10.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Health Service | 298 days | 10.9% | 55 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 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.
Bathurst Base Hospital, NSW · about 46 km away: 200 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 68 km away: 89 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 88 km away: 232 days
Mudgee Health Service, NSW · about 92 km away: 81 days
Lithgow Hospital, NSW · about 98 km away: 170 days
Blue Mountains Hospital, NSW · about 122 km away: 213 days
Dubbo Hospital, NSW · about 128 km away: 340 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 134 km away: 224 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Orange Health Service
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Orange Health Service (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 76 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 70 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 66 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 89 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 91 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 77 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 78 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 95 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 298 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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