Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Gove Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Nhulunbuy area of Northern Territory, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

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

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
5 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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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
Gove Hospitalnot publishednot published5 surgeries
Northern Territory (all public hospitals)43 days0.8%118 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Gove Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Gove Hospital, compared with Northern Territory and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25NT 43Australia 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 periodGove Hospital (days)NT (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not published7357
2012–13not published5260
2013–14not published4256
2014–15not published5451
2015–16not published5552
2016–17not published3652
2017–18not published3756
2018–19not published4659
2019–20not published7367
2020–21not published3576
2021–22not publishednot published77
2022–23not published5082
2023–24not publishednot published70
2024–25not published4373

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