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Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in Queensland

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair in Queensland public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 73 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy".

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

The source splits hernia repair in two: this page covers "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — groin hernias — and every other hernia, such as umbilical, femoral and incisional hernias, is on hernia repair.

44 public hospitals in Queensland reported inguinal hernia repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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.

8 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 days marks the national median.

Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy in Queensland public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 Warwick Hospital 18 days not published 21 surgeries
2 Mount Isa Base Hospital 20 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Beaudesert Hospital 21 days not published 28 surgeries
3 Queensland Children's Hospital 21 days 1.0% 210 surgeries
5 Princess Alexandra Hospital 29 days 1.7% 59 surgeries
6 Townsville University Hospital 46 days 0.7% 148 surgeries
7 Redland Hospital 56 days 0.0% 178 surgeries
8 Ipswich Hospital 62 days not published 44 surgeries
9 Gympie Hospital 63 days 0.0% 85 surgeries
10 The Prince Charles Hospital 64 days 0.0% 214 surgeries
11 Redcliffe Hospital 65 days 1.2% 86 surgeries
12 Gold Coast University Hospital 67 days 1.5% 133 surgeries
12 Robina Hospital 67 days 0.0% 330 surgeries
14 Atherton Hospital 70 days not published 35 surgeries
15 Nambour General Hospital 71 days 0.6% 170 surgeries
16 Kingaroy Hospital 72 days not published 36 surgeries
17 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital 74 days 0.0% 124 surgeries
18 Mackay Base Hospital 75 days not published 40 surgeries
19 Maryborough Hospital 77 days 5.9% 51 surgeries
19 Sunshine Coast University Hospital 77 days 11.0% 82 surgeries
21 Rockhampton Hospital 78 days not published 45 surgeries
22 Roma Hospital 79 days not published 11 surgeries
23 Mater Adult Hospital 82 days 4.3% 92 surgeries
24 Dalby Hospital 84 days not published 12 surgeries
25 Bundaberg Base Hospital 88 days 1.6% 62 surgeries
26 Cairns Hospital 89 days 5.2% 134 surgeries
26 Toowoomba Hospital 89 days 1.9% 105 surgeries
28 Hervey Bay Hospital 90 days 11.5% 78 surgeries
28 Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service 90 days 7.7% 195 surgeries
30 Logan Hospital 92 days 3.4% 118 surgeries
31 Proserpine Hospital 98 days not published 25 surgeries
32 Caboolture Hospital 101 days 4.7% 169 surgeries
33 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital 130 days not published 35 surgeries
34 Gladstone Hospital 161 days not published 43 surgeries
35 Innisfail Hospital 220 days not published 35 surgeries
36 Mareeba Hospital 294 days not published 20 surgeries
unranked Charleville Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Cooktown Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Emerald Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Goondiwindi Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Longreach Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries
unranked St George Hospital Qld not published not published not published
unranked Stanthorpe Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Thursday Island Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Queensland: near the Gold Coast · near Herston · near the Sunshine Coast · near Woolloongabba.

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The median wait for inguinal hernia repair in Queensland public hospitals was 70 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in Queensland", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/qld/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/inguinal-hernia-repair/qld/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Queensland.