Hernia repair waiting time at Tamworth Hospital
Half of patients at Tamworth Hospital waited 333 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 North Tamworth 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
- 333 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 23.0%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 164 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 121 days in 2016–17 to 333 days in 2024–25 — up 175% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Armidale Hospital, about 94 km away, at 78 days. Here, 23.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamworth Hospital | 333 days | 23.0% | 61 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.
Armidale Hospital, NSW · about 94 km away: 78 days
Muswellbrook Hospital, NSW · about 132 km away: 75 days
Gloucester Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, NSW · about 143 km away: 300 days
Singleton Hospital, NSW · about 168 km away: 30 days
Manning Hospital, NSW · about 172 km away: 207 days
Kempsey District Hospital, NSW · about 181 km away: 323 days
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW · about 190 km away: 108 days
Maitland Hospital, NSW · about 193 km away: 347 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Tamworth Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Tamworth Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 121 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 131 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 294 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 296 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 283 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 215 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 364 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 355 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 333 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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