Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at South Coast District Hospital
Half of patients at South Coast District Hospital waited 28 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 Victor Harbor area of South 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 40 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 30 days in 2011–12 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 7% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 72 km away, at 14 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Coast District Hospital | 28 days | not published | 40 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 4.7% | 1092 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.
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 48 km away: 44 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 58 km away: 49 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 60 km away: 81 days
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 71 km away: 157 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 72 km away: 14 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 76 km away: 110 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 78 km away: 55 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 81 km away: 103 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- South Coast District Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South Coast District Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 30 | 33 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 15 | 29 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 14 | 33 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 13 | 32 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 8 | 34 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 9 | 38 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 8 | 41 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 43 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 10 | 51 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 7 | 58 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 59 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 54 | 65 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 66 | 64 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 74 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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