Surgery Waits

Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Warwick Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Warwick area of Queensland was 18 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
18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
21 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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2015–16 to 18 days in 2024–25 — up 64% — while the national median rose from 52 days to 73 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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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
Warwick Hospital18 daysnot published21 surgeries
New South Wales (all public hospitals)101 days8.1%5703 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)70 days3.0%3303 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)73 days5.0%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.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy by financial year at Warwick Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Warwick Hospital 18QLD 70Australia 73
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Median wait in days for Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWarwick Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period5457
2012–13not reported for this period6560
2013–14not reported for this period5656
2014–15not reported for this period4751
2015–16115552
2016–1795852
2017–18126156
2018–19216659
2019–20297467
2020–21366476
2021–22187077
2022–23566482
2023–24476470
2024–25187073

Queensland's quarterly figures for general surgery

These are not figures for inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy. Queensland reports by surgical specialty, not by procedure. A specialty covers many different operations, so a specialty figure is never a figure for any one of them.

Queensland Health publishes its own figures every three months. They count differently from the national figures above and are never combined with them. This quarter ends after the national reporting period, so it is the more recent of the two.

Covers July to September 2025, published by Queensland Health on 28 October 2025. Reported as Warwick.

Patients treated
30 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Treated within the recommended time
100.0%July to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Still waiting at the end of the quarter
21 patientsJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025
Waiting longer than recommended
1 patientJuly to September 2025 · released 28 October 2025

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

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