Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Casino area of New South Wales was 35 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
35 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
12 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2011–12 to 35 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Beaudesert Hospital, about 97 km away, at 21 days.

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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
Casino and District Memorial Hospital35 daysnot published12 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)101 days8.1%5703 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)70 days3.0%3303 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.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Casino and District Memorial Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Casino and District Memorial Hospital 35NSW 101Australia 73
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodCasino and District Memorial Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12397257
2012–13557160
2013–14686956
2014–15787051
2015–16336952
2016–17567252
2017–18597556
2018–19567759
2019–20867867
2020–21509276
2021–22869077
2022–238711582
2023–24579770
2024–253510173

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

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