Ectropion - correction of waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
The median wait for ectropion - correction of at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 125 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 125 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 37 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 31 days in 2016–17 to 125 days in 2024–25 — up 303% — while the national median rose from 77 days to 136 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 94 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 125 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 16.3% | 178 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 136 days | 15.4% | 1020 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 31 | 64 | 77 |
| 2017–18 | 122 | 92 | 84 |
| 2018–19 | 54 | 88 | 87 |
| 2019–20 | 217 | 93 | 93 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 140 | 128 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 86 | 111 |
| 2022–23 | 218 | 126 | 140 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 159 | 147 |
| 2024–25 | 125 | 129 | 136 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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