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Inguinal hernia repair waiting times in South Australia

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair in South Australia public hospitals was 74 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.

25 public hospitals in South Australia 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.

4 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 South Australia 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 Women's and Children's Hospital 14 days 5.5% 55 surgeries
2 Kangaroo Island Health Service 15 days not published 10 surgeries
3 Clare Hospital 28 days not published 13 surgeries
3 South Coast District Hospital 28 days not published 40 surgeries
5 Naracoorte Health Service 29 days not published 27 surgeries
6 Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 32 days not published 29 surgeries
7 Port Lincoln Health Service 34 days not published 32 surgeries
8 Angaston District Hospital 35 days not published 26 surgeries
9 Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service 41 days not published 34 surgeries
10 Noarlunga Hospital 44 days 3.3% 61 surgeries
11 Gawler Health Service 48 days 0.0% 54 surgeries
12 Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 49 days not published 37 surgeries
13 Millicent and District Hospital and Health Service 55 days not published 19 surgeries
13 Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital 55 days not published 29 surgeries
15 Riverland General Hospital 61 days not published 46 surgeries
16 Flinders Medical Centre 81 days 8.5% 142 surgeries
17 Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo) 83 days not published 21 surgeries
18 Lyell McEwin Hospital 100 days 7.7% 91 surgeries
19 Modbury Hospital 103 days 4.2% 96 surgeries
20 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital 110 days 3.4% 118 surgeries
21 Royal Adelaide Hospital 157 days 18.1% 94 surgeries
unranked Ceduna District Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Kapunda Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Port Pirie Regional Health Service not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Whyalla Hospital and Health Services not published not published not published

Ranked by area in South Australia: near the Adelaide CBD · near Bedford Park · near Elizabeth Vale.

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The median wait for inguinal hernia repair in South Australia public hospitals was 74 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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

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