Hernia repair waiting time at The Northern Hospital [Epping]

The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Lalor area of Victoria was 30 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: 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 354 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 169 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 30 days in 2024–25 — down 27% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 18 km away, at 27 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Herniorrhaphy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]	30 days	0.0%	354 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	56 days	3.6%	3381 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	86 days	6.9%	12195 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 86 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 12 km away35 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 12 km away45 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 17 km away112 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 17 km away62 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 17 km away83 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 18 km away27 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 19 km away83 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away77 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 Herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Northern Hospital [Epping] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	41	48	63
2017–18	33	49	67
2018–19	30	49	69
2019–20	39	54	78
2020–21	90	106	92
2021–22	126	110	97
2022–23	90	129	108
2023–24	29	69	87
2024–25	30	56	86

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

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