Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at The Canberra Hospital
Half of patients at The Canberra Hospital waited 90 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 Garran area of Australian Capital Territory.
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
- 90 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 122 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.5%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 116 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 65 days in 2016–17 to 90 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Queanbeyan Hospital, about 12 km away, at 70 days. Here, 2.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Canberra Hospital | 90 days | 2.5% | 122 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | 133 days | 10.3% | 252 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 101 days | 8.1% | 5703 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.
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 10 km away: 191 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 12 km away: 70 days
Tumut Hospital, NSW · about 80 km away: 73 days
Goulburn Base Hospital, NSW · about 87 km away: 121 days
Cooma Hospital and Health Service, NSW · about 100 km away: 185 days
Moruya Hospital, NSW · about 107 km away: 105 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 136 km away: 191 days
Shoalhaven Hospital, NSW · about 146 km away: 308 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
- The Canberra Hospital
- ACT
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Canberra Hospital (days) | ACT (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 73 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 81 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 62 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 73 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 65 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 89 | 91 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 42 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 112 | 124 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 91 | 97 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 107 | 73 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 122 | 98 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 98 | 117 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 90 | 133 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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