Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Women's and Children's Hospital
Half of patients at Women's and Children's Hospital waited 14 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 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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 55 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.5%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 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2011–12 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 18% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 5.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's and Children's Hospital | 14 days | 5.5% | 55 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 4.7% | 1092 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.
Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA · about 2 km away: 157 days
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA · about 7 km away: 110 days
Modbury Hospital, SA · about 12 km away: 103 days
Flinders Medical Centre, SA · about 13 km away: 81 days
Lyell McEwin Hospital, SA · about 19 km away: 100 days
Noarlunga Hospital, SA · about 27 km away: 44 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, SA · about 31 km away: 49 days
Gawler Health Service, SA · about 38 km away: 48 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 17 | 33 | 57 |
| 2012–13 | 19 | 29 | 60 |
| 2013–14 | 19 | 33 | 56 |
| 2014–15 | not published | 32 | 51 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 34 | 52 |
| 2016–17 | 13 | 38 | 52 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 41 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 43 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 51 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 19 | 58 | 76 |
| 2021–22 | 11 | 59 | 77 |
| 2022–23 | 15 | 65 | 82 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 64 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 74 | 73 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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