Hernia repair waiting time at Perth Children's Hospital
The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Crawley area of Western Australia was 49 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
- 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 105 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.9%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 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 117 days in 2018–19 to 49 days in 2024–25 — down 58% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Joondalup Health Campus (Public), about 26 km away, at 24 days. Here, 2.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Children's Hospital | 49 days | 2.9% | 105 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 5.9% | 1430 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 6.9% | 12195 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Perth Children's Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Perth Children's Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 43 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 56 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 117 | 58 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 69 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 197 | 78 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 304 | 89 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 193 | 94 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 47 | 76 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 49 | 78 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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