South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 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 | 9 days | 51 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 28 days | 86 surgeries | 1.2% |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 56 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 68 days | 87 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 79 days | 50 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Total knee replacement | 85 days | 91 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 97 days | 494 surgeries | 4.9% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 125 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 147 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | 223 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringotomy | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | not published | 5 surgeries | 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 | 3 days | 100% | 1147 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 64 days | 79% | 964 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 127 days | 93% | 822 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.