Surgery Waits

Hernia repair waiting time at Royal North Shore Hospital

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the St Leonards area of New South Wales was 92 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
92 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
59 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
3.4%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 85 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 92 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Darlinghurst], about 7 km away, at 69 days. Here, 3.4% 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
Royal North Shore Hospital92 days3.4%59 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 Royal North Shore Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays038751131502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal North Shore Hospital 92NSW 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 periodRoyal North Shore Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2016–17808363
2017–18648167
2018–19478569
2019–20758778
2020–2113612792
2021–2214211397
2022–23103145108
2023–249912487
2024–259213286

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

All surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital · Hernia repair across Australia · Hernia repair in New South Wales