Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Royal Hobart Hospital
Half of patients at Royal Hobart Hospital waited 36 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 Hobart area of Tasmania.
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
- 36 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 159 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.6%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 29 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 144 days in 2011–12 to 36 days in 2024–25 — down 75% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
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
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Hobart Hospital | 36 days | 0.6% | 159 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | 72 days | 10.0% | 360 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 45 days | 2.6% | 4290 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.
Launceston General Hospital, TAS · about 160 km away: 147 days
Mersey Community Hospital, TAS · about 198 km away: 176 days
North West Regional Hospital, TAS · about 236 km away: 140 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 497 km away: 42 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 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
- Royal Hobart Hospital
- TAS
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Hobart Hospital (days) | TAS (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 144 | 58 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 125 | 99 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 84 | 84 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 56 | 106 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 167 | 110 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 43 | 37 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 80 | 57 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 187 | 112 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 125 | 144 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 238 | 188 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 101 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 62 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 37 | 60 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 36 | 72 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Hobart Hospital · Inguinal hernia repair across Australia · Inguinal hernia repair in Tasmania · All surgery waits in Tasmania