Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 58 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
133 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
2.3%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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2016–17 to 58 days in 2024–25 — up 164% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 49 days. Here, 2.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital58 days2.3%133 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)78 days5.9%1430 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)86 days6.9%12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for herniorrhaphy by financial year at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays03163941252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital 58WA 78Australia 86
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodArmadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2016–17224363
2017–18305667
2018–19375869
2019–20276978
2020–21387892
2021–22338997
2022–236194108
2023–24647687
2024–25587886

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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