Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 15 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed last and is never ranked.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 7 days | 53 surgeries | 1.9% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 7 days | 93 surgeries | 3.2% |
| Septoplasty | 16 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 21 days | 111 surgeries | 15.3% |
| Cystoscopy | 21 days | 883 surgeries | 0.5% |
| Myringotomy | 32 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 44 days | 120 surgeries | 0.8% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 45 days | 157 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 55 days | 301 surgeries | 8.0% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 64 days | 37 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 73 days | 128 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Total hip replacement | 156 days | 73 surgeries | 8.2% |
| Total knee replacement | 181 days | 85 surgeries | 11.8% |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 15 days | 100% | 2095 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 54 days | 69% | 3100 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 46 days | 86% | 737 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.