Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Karratha Health Campus

Median wait, long waits and volumes for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Pegs Creek area of Western Australia, 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
9 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
Karratha Health Campusnot publishednot published9 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)79 days3.2%1576 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%16694 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Karratha Health Campus 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 Karratha Health Campus, compared with Western Australia and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Karratha Health Campus 46WA 79Australia 73
  • Karratha Health Campus
  • WA
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Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodKarratha Health Campus (days)WA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period2957
2012–13not reported for this period3460
2013–14not reported for this period3456
2014–15not reported for this period3551
2015–16not reported for this period3552
2016–17not reported for this period3952
2017–18not reported for this period4956
2018–19305059
2019–20315667
2020–21696576
2021–22666877
2022–23697882
2023–24466170
2024–25not published7973

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