Hernia repair waiting time at Queanbeyan Hospital
Half of patients at Queanbeyan Hospital waited 28 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 Queanbeyan 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 31 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queanbeyan Hospital | 28 days | not published | 31 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 12.7% | 229 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.
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 12 km away: 127 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 17 km away: 199 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 80 km away: 178 days
Moruya Hospital, NSW · about 98 km away: 89 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 135 km away: 312 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 143 km away: 224 days
Bowral Hospital, NSW · about 145 km away: 77 days
South East Regional Hospital, NSW · about 159 km away: 222 days
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. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
How the wait has changed
- Queanbeyan Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Queanbeyan Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 61 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 44 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 54 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 52 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 85 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 84 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 179 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 79 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Queanbeyan Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales