Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 17 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: 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 31 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Bendigo Hospital, about 98 km away, at 11 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	17 days	not published	31 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	15 days	0.0%	416 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	17 days	0.0%	1875 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 days marks the national median.

Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away17 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away11 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away12 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away26 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away14 days
The AlfredVIC · about 105 km away13 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 115 km away19 days
Frankston HospitalVIC · about 130 km away14 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 Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	29	14	13
2017–18	20	14	13
2018–19	25	13	15
2019–20	17	13	14
2020–21	24	12	13
2021–22	17	13	14
2022–23	11	13	15
2023–24	16	14	16
2024–25	17	15	17

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

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