Hernia repair waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Women's and Children's Hospital waited 321 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 North Adelaide area of South Australia.
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
- 321 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 22 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 158 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 83 days in 2017–18 to 321 days in 2024–25 — up 287% — while the national median rose from 67 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Adelaide Hospital, about 2 km away, at 144 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 321 days | not published | 22 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 92 days | 11.3% | 398 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 2 km away: 144 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 7 km away: 110 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 12 km away: 90 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 13 km away: 71 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 120 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 27 km away: 78 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Women's and Children's Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Women's and Children's Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 45 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 83 | 54 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 66 | 51 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 315 | 78 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 352 | 97 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 105 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 102 | 97 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 336 | 95 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 321 | 92 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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