Hernia repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 294 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 Turvey Park 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
- 294 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 77 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 23.4%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 152 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 294 days in 2024–25 — up 143% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Temora Hospital, about 77 km away, at 116 days. Here, 23.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 294 days | 23.4% | 77 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 |
| 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.
Temora Hospital, NSW · about 77 km away: 116 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 130 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 224 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 59 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 158 km away: 199 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 160 km away: 127 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 49 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 172 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
- Wagga Wagga Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Wagga Wagga Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 121 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 182 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 93 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 105 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 251 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 131 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 197 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 326 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 294 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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