Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 26 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 473 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 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 82 days in 2011–12 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 68% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], about 17 km away, at 24 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
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	26 days	0.0%	473 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	73 days	5.0%	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.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away48 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away30 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 17 km away24 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away101 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away90 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away56 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 21 km away79 days
The AlfredVIC · about 22 km away49 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	82	60	57
2012–13	81	71	60
2013–14	90	57	56
2014–15	106	42	51
2015–16	69	40	52
2016–17	33	38	52
2017–18	26	40	56
2018–19	20	39	59
2019–20	34	43	67
2020–21	55	71	76
2021–22	91	81	77
2022–23	49	81	82
2023–24	23	47	70
2024–25	26	45	73

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

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