Surgery Waits

Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 15 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
15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
76 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 9 days in 2011–12 to 15 days in 2024–25 — up 67% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 65 km away, at 11 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong15 days0.0%76 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.1%695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days0.1%2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 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 coronary artery bypass grafting by financial year at University Hospital Geelong, compared with Victoria and Australiadays061319252011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25University Hospital Geelong 15VIC 18Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodUniversity Hospital Geelong (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–1291816
2012–13102016
2013–14212118
2014–15161814
2015–16151913
2016–17181613
2017–18241917
2018–19171917
2019–20152418
2020–21202118
2021–22162219
2022–23122019
2023–2491719
2024–25151819

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

All surgery at University Hospital Geelong · Coronary artery bypass grafting across Australia · Coronary artery bypass grafting in Victoria