Surgery Waits

Osteotomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 32 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
32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
13 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 107 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — down 70% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 105 km away, at 20 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Osteotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]32 daysnot published13 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)206 days34.3%510 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)135 days19.2%1866 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for osteotomy by financial year at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 32VIC 206Australia 135
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Osteotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBallarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–171076876
2017–18778186
2018–19478890
2019–20not published117103
2020–2178174136
2021–22not published203122
2022–23174298157
2023–24354277152
2024–2532206135

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

All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Osteotomy across Australia · Osteotomy in Victoria