Surgery Waits

Discectomy waiting time at Northeast Health Wangaratta

Median wait, long waits and volumes for discectomy at this public hospital in the Wangaratta area of Victoria, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — too few
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Discectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Northeast Health Wangarattanot publishednot publishednot published
Victoria (all public hospitals)29 days1.9%264 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days4.5%1400 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Northeast Health Wangaratta did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for discectomy by financial year at Northeast Health Wangaratta, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0501001502002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Northeast Health Wangaratta 62VIC 29Australia 41
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Median wait in days for Discectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodNortheast Health Wangaratta (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17704541
2017–181605842
2018–191224743
2019–20134749
2020–21633349
2021–22623449
2022–23not published5760
2023–24not published4548
2024–25not published2941

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

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