Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Queanbeyan Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Queanbeyan area of New South Wales was 70 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
70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
34 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 76 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 322 days in 2011–12 to 70 days in 2024–25 — down 78% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Queanbeyan Hospital70 daysnot published34 surgeries
Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals)133 days10.3%252 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.

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 Queanbeyan Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Queanbeyan Hospital 70NSW 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 periodQueanbeyan Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–123227257
2012–132647160
2013–14826956
2014–15677051
2015–16566952
2016–17697252
2017–18477556
2018–19657759
2019–20537867
2020–211479276
2021–22719077
2022–237711582
2023–242169770
2024–257010173

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

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