Hernia repair waiting time at Temora Hospital
Half of patients at Temora Hospital waited 116 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 Temora 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
- 116 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 16 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 109 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 73 days in 2020–21 to 116 days in 2024–25 — up 59% — while the national median fell from 92 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Cowra Health Service, about 126 km away, at 89 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temora Hospital | 116 days | not published | 16 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.
Young Hospital, NSW · about 70 km away: 224 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 77 km away: 294 days
Cowra Health Service, NSW · about 126 km away: 89 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 139 km away: 59 days
Lachlan Health Service - Parkes, NSW · about 155 km away: 232 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 167 km away: 199 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 174 km away: 127 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 184 km away: 28 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
- Temora Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Temora Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 73 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 195 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 156 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 83 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 116 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Temora Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in New South Wales · All surgery waits in New South Wales