Arthroscopy waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Footscray area of Victoria was 60 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

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

Median wait: 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 30 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 50 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2016–17 to 60 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 6 km away, at 40 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]	60 days	not published	30 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	48 days	4.2%	1804 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	78 days	7.1%	8779 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 6 km away98 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away40 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 7 km away42 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away59 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away41 days
The AlfredVIC · about 10 km away46 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 15 km away106 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 16 km away107 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Western Hospital [Footscray] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	50	41	68
2017–18	20	48	72
2018–19	46	45	75
2019–20	32	51	76
2020–21	17	64	89
2021–22	17	64	85
2022–23	127	74	86
2023–24	129	63	78
2024–25	60	48	78

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

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