Arthroscopy waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 107 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: 107 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 17 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 101 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2016–17 to 107 days in 2024–25 — up 346% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 1 km away, at 106 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	107 days	not published	17 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	48 days	4.2%	1804 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 1 km away106 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 8 km away39 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 9 km away59 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 10 km away40 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 11 km away98 days
The AlfredVIC · about 12 km away46 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 12 km away34 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 16 km away60 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	24	41	68
2017–18	46	48	72
2018–19	81	45	75
2019–20	74	51	76
2020–21	153	64	89
2021–22	60	64	85
2022–23	107	74	86
2023–24	5	63	78
2024–25	107	48	78

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

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