Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at Grafton Base Hospital

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Grafton area of New South Wales was 62 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
62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
93 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 37 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 47 days in 2016–17 to 62 days in 2024–25 — up 32% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Murwillumbah District Hospital, about 157 km away, at 52 days. Here, 0.0% 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
Grafton Base Hospital62 days0.0%93 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)132 days10.6%4206 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 Grafton Base Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Grafton Base Hospital 62NSW 132Australia 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 periodGrafton Base Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17478363
2017–18518167
2018–19518569
2019–20398778
2020–214912792
2021–227211397
2022–2372145108
2023–246912487
2024–256213286

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

All surgery at Grafton Base Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in New South Wales