Inguinal hernia repair near Box Hill
Near Box Hill, Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: 30 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
6 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for inguinal hernia repair, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 2 hospitals sit just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and are included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy".
Hospitals in or near Box Hill
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 30 days | 3.3% | Eaglemont, VIC. Outside this area, about 8 km from Box Hill Hospital. |
| 2 | Blackburn Public Surgical Centre | 32 days | 0.4% | Blackburn South, VIC. In this area. |
| 3 | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 48 days | 0.6% | Bellfield, VIC. Outside this area, about 9 km from Box Hill Hospital. |
| 4 | Box Hill Hospital | 56 days | 8.3% | Box Hill, VIC. In this area. |
| 5 | Angliss Hospital | 79 days | 2.0% | Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC. In this area. |
| 6 | Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] | 84 days | not published | Ringwood East, VIC. In this area. |
This area covers Angliss Hospital, Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, Box Hill Hospital, Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] and Yarra Ranges Health: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Eastern Health (Vic)" within 25 km of Box Hill Hospital. 1 other hospital of the network is farther away and not part of this area. Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near Box Hill, Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: 30 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Inguinal hernia repair near Box Hill: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/box-hill/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/box-hill/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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