Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Mount Nasura area of Western Australia was 49 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: 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 157 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 44 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2011–12 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 250% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Perth Children's Hospital, about 26 km away, at 22 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
Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital	49 days	0.0%	157 surgeries
Western Australia (all public hospitals)	79 days	3.2%	1576 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.

Bentley Health ServiceWA · about 17 km away101 days
Fiona Stanley HospitalWA · about 18 km away140 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street CampusWA · about 25 km away189 days
Perth Children's HospitalWA · about 26 km away22 days
St John of God Midland Public HospitalWA · about 27 km away166 days
Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalWA · about 27 km away72 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health ServiceWA · about 27 km away89 days
Rockingham General HospitalWA · about 29 km away111 days

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

How the wait has changed

Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital
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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	Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (days)	WA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	14	29	57
2012–13	25	34	60
2013–14	15	34	56
2014–15	26	35	51
2015–16	28	35	52
2016–17	22	39	52
2017–18	33	49	56
2018–19	37	50	59
2019–20	30	56	67
2020–21	34	65	76
2021–22	35	68	77
2022–23	49	78	82
2023–24	42	61	70
2024–25	49	79	73

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

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