Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Clare Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Clare area of South Australia was 28 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: 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 13 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 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 61 days in 2011–12 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 54% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 120 km away, at 14 days.

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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
Clare Hospital	28 days	not published	13 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	4.7%	1092 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.

Angaston District HospitalSA · about 85 km away35 days
Gawler Health ServiceSA · about 86 km away48 days
Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)SA · about 91 km away83 days
Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 102 km away100 days
Modbury HospitalSA · about 112 km away103 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 117 km away110 days
Women's and Children's HospitalSA · about 120 km away14 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 121 km away157 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	Clare Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	61	33	57
2012–13	not published	29	60
2013–14	not published	33	56
2014–15	not published	32	51
2015–16	not published	34	52
2016–17	not published	38	52
2017–18	not published	41	56
2018–19	20	43	59
2019–20	57	51	67
2020–21	40	58	76
2021–22	40	59	77
2022–23	73	65	82
2023–24	45	64	70
2024–25	28	74	73

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

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