Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at Blackburn Public Surgical Centre
The median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Blackburn South area of Victoria was 48 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
- 48 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 27 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 46 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 128 days in 2022–23 to 48 days in 2024–25 — down 63% — while the national median fell from 94 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 13 km away, at 38 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Public Surgical Centre | 48 days | not published | 27 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 2.5% | 445 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 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
- Blackburn Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Blackburn Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 43 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 52 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 53 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 60 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 97 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 108 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | 128 | 132 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 45 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 43 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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