Inguinal hernia repair waiting time at Williamstown Hospital

The median wait for inguinal hernia repair — published by the source as "Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy" — at this public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria was 89 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: 89 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 143 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 186 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 112 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 98 days in 2011–12 to 89 days in 2024–25 — down 9% — while the national median rose from 57 days to 73 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 8 km away, at 49 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 5.0%.

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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
Williamstown Hospital	89 days	0.0%	143 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	45 days	2.6%	4290 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.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 8 km away90 days
The AlfredVIC · about 8 km away49 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 9 km away101 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 9 km away24 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 13 km away79 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 15 km away21 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 17 km away189 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 18 km away48 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	Williamstown Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	98	60	57
2012–13	70	71	60
2013–14	79	57	56
2014–15	46	42	51
2015–16	44	40	52
2016–17	34	38	52
2017–18	47	40	56
2018–19	34	39	59
2019–20	28	43	67
2020–21	110	71	76
2021–22	108	81	77
2022–23	55	81	82
2023–24	44	47	70
2024–25	89	45	73

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

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