Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Camperdown area of New South Wales was 43 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
43 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
180 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 36 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 29 days in 2011–12 to 43 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sydney Children's Hospital, about 6 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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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
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital43 days0.0%180 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.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, compared with New South Wales and Australiadays03163941252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 43NSW 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 periodRoyal Prince Alfred Hospital (days)NSW (days)Australia (days)
2011–12297257
2012–13197160
2013–14286956
2014–15367051
2015–16256952
2016–17207252
2017–18267556
2018–19287759
2019–20197867
2020–21209276
2021–22199077
2022–231711582
2023–24249770
2024–254310173

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

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