Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Campbelltown Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Campbelltown area of New South Wales was 322 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
322 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
162 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
17.9%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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 183 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 199 days in 2011–12 to 322 days in 2024–25 — up 62% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Liverpool Hospital, about 21 km away, at 183 days. Here, 17.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Campbelltown Hospital322 days17.9%162 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)101 days8.1%5703 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 73 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 inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Campbelltown Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Campbelltown Hospital 322NSW 101Australia 73
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Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCampbelltown Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–121997257
2012–131367160
2013–142696956
2014–151337051
2015–161906952
2016–171437252
2017–181027556
2018–191917759
2019–202287867
2020–212689276
2021–222509077
2022–2334611582
2023–243369770
2024–2532210173

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

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