Hernia repair waiting time at Westmead Hospital
The median wait for hernia repair — published by the source as "Herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Westmead area of New South Wales was 102 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
- 102 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 14.7%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 96 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 76 days in 2016–17 to 102 days in 2024–25 — up 34% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 86 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Auburn Hospital, about 7 km away, at 67 days. Here, 14.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmead Hospital | 102 days | 14.7% | 68 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 132 days | 10.6% | 4206 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
- Westmead Hospital
- NSW
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Westmead Hospital (days) | NSW (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 76 | 83 | 63 |
| 2017–18 | 58 | 81 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | 64 | 85 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 79 | 87 | 78 |
| 2020–21 | 114 | 127 | 92 |
| 2021–22 | 352 | 113 | 97 |
| 2022–23 | 179 | 145 | 108 |
| 2023–24 | 144 | 124 | 87 |
| 2024–25 | 102 | 132 | 86 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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