Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 32 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
32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
172 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sandringham Hospital, about 61 km away, at 18 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong32 days0.0%172 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)56 days3.6%3381 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)86 days6.9%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for herniorrhaphy by financial year at University Hospital Geelong, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25University Hospital Geelong 32VIC 56Australia 86
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodUniversity Hospital Geelong (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17394863
2017–18754967
2018–191034969
2019–201015478
2020–2110610692
2021–2213811097
2022–23152129108
2023–24276987
2024–25325686

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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