Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystoscopy | 15 days | 2347 surgeries | 0.1% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 28 days | 247 surgeries | 2.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 32 days | 147 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 48 days | 165 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 64 days | 160 surgeries | 0.6% |
| Varicose veins treatment | 69 days | 67 surgeries | 1.5% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 134 days | 750 surgeries | 1.3% |
| Total hip replacement | 187 days | 174 surgeries | 24.1% |
| Total knee replacement | 313 days | 191 surgeries | 43.5% |
| Myringotomy | 314 days | 59 surgeries | 25.4% |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | 336 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 338 days | 226 surgeries | 40.7% |
| Septoplasty | 557 days | 262 surgeries | 83.6% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 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 | 13 days | 100% | 2813 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 65 days | 62% | 3686 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 112 days | 81% | 2725 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.