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title: "Inguinal hernia repair near Gosford"
description: "Public hospitals in or near Gosford ranked by median wait for inguinal hernia repair, 2024–25. Shortest wait: 273 days."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/gosford/"
---

# Inguinal hernia repair near Gosford

Near Gosford, [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: **273 days** (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

2 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. The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy".

## Hospitals in or near Gosford

Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy at public hospitals in or near Gosford, 2024–25, by median wait. Hospitals with the same median share a rank. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Gosford Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/gosford-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 273 days | 18.2% | Gosford, NSW. In this area. |
| 2 | [Wyong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/wyong-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 296 days | 17.7% | Kanwal, NSW. In this area. |

This area covers Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Central Coast". 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 Gosford, Gosford Hospital had the shortest median wait for inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25: 273 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Inguinal hernia repair near Gosford: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/gosford/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/gosford/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/near/gosford/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

See [every New South Wales hospital for inguinal hernia repair](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/nsw/), or every hospital in [Central Coast](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/central-coast/).

## Before you use these figures

Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you.

**In an emergency call 000.**

Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations.

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