Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 120 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.8%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	44 days	0.8%	120 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	50 days	2.7%	2957 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away43 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away55 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away31 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away34 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away64 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away96 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 101 km away8 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 Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	54	57	53
2012–13	41	60	53
2013–14	82	63	52
2014–15	88	51	55
2015–16	107	48	52
2016–17	55	44	55
2017–18	51	45	57
2018–19	53	49	61
2019–20	34	48	63
2020–21	47	70	80
2021–22	26	50	74
2022–23	50	78	84
2023–24	53	66	77
2024–25	44	50	74

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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