Surgery Waits

Blepharoplasty waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for blepharoplasty at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 147 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
147 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
36 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 147 days in 2024–25 — up 242% — while the national median rose from 85 days to 246 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 64 km away, at 85 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Blepharoplasty, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong147 daysnot published36 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)189 days18.0%205 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)246 days23.0%666 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 246 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 blepharoplasty by financial year at University Hospital Geelong, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25University Hospital Geelong 147VIC 189Australia 246
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Blepharoplasty, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodUniversity Hospital Geelong (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17434985
2017–185668111
2018–197577126
2019–207681128
2020–21not published241245
2021–22not published108149
2022–23not published245254
2023–24129356262
2024–25147189246

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

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