Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Wagga Wagga Hospital
Half of patients at Wagga Wagga Hospital waited 274 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 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
- 274 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 23.5%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 174 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 86 days in 2011–12 to 274 days in 2024–25 — up 219% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Tumut Hospital, about 81 km away, at 73 days. Here, 23.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga Hospital | 274 days | 23.5% | 68 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 |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 45 days | 2.6% | 4290 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.
Tumut Hospital, NSW · about 81 km away: 73 days
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus], VIC · about 121 km away: 106 days
Young Hospital, NSW · about 123 km away: 191 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 152 km away: 39 days
North Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 158 km away: 191 days
The Canberra Hospital, ACT · about 160 km away: 90 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 167 km away: 46 days
Queanbeyan Hospital, NSW · about 172 km away: 70 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 86 | 72 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 187 | 71 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 164 | 69 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | 122 | 70 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | 124 | 69 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 146 | 72 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 89 | 75 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 87 | 77 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 170 | 78 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 84 | 92 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 66 | 90 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 164 | 115 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 286 | 97 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 274 | 101 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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