Hernia repair waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria was 114 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 114 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 12.0%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 108 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 114 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 151 km away, at 62 days. Here, 12.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 114 days | 12.0% | 50 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 11.3% | 398 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 3.6% | 3381 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 12195 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
How the wait has changed
- South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 77 | 48 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 49 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 68 | 49 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 54 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 91 | 106 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 116 | 110 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 138 | 129 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 153 | 69 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 114 | 56 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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