Orthopaedic surgery in Victoria
Orthopaedic surgery in Victoria: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in Victoria that published a median wait in 2024–25: 34.
A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.
Figures for Victoria
Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.
- Median wait, Victoria
- 60 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Median wait, Australia
- 86 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Victoria
- 7.3%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
- 10.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Victoria
- 23,391 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
- Patients treated, Australia
- 103,750 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Hospitals in Victoria
The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.
A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.
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| Hospital | Median wait | Waiting more than 365 days | Patients treated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dandenong Hospital | 5 daysRank 1st of 177 nationally | 5.7%Rank 72nd of 162 nationally | 1,115 surgeries |
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 10 daysRank 3rd of 177 nationally | 10.1%Rank 103rd of 162 nationally | 575 surgeries |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | 15 daysRank 5th of 177 nationally | 1.5%Rank 41st of 162 nationally | 199 surgeries |
| Sunshine Hospital | 17 daysRank 7th of 177 nationally | 1.6%Rank 43rd of 162 nationally | 253 surgeries |
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 34 daysRank 19th of 177 nationally | 3.3%Rank 59th of 162 nationally | 1,387 surgeries |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 35 daysRank 20th of 177 nationally | 8.1%Rank 88th of 162 nationally | 1,327 surgeries |
| St Vincent's On the Park | 40 daysRank 23rd of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 102 surgeries |
| Blackburn Public Surgical Centre | 42 daysRank 26th of 177 nationally | 1.4%Rank 39th of 162 nationally | 73 surgeries |
| Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] | 42 daysRank 26th of 177 nationally | 8.4%Rank 90th of 162 nationally | 628 surgeries |
| The Alfred | 42 daysRank 26th of 177 nationally | 2.7%Rank 53rd of 162 nationally | 938 surgeries |
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 48 daysRank 34th of 177 nationally | 0.7%Rank 32nd of 162 nationally | 1,062 surgeries |
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 51 daysRank 38th of 177 nationally | 6.7%Rank 77th of 162 nationally | 646 surgeries |
| Box Hill Hospital | 52 daysRank 39th of 177 nationally | 6.0%Rank 73rd of 162 nationally | 1,219 surgeries |
| The Northern Hospital [Epping] | 54 daysRank 41st of 177 nationally | 3.1%Rank 56th of 162 nationally | 876 surgeries |
| South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 56 daysRank 43rd of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 495 surgeries |
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 58 daysRank 46th of 177 nationally | 4.7%Rank 66th of 162 nationally | 634 surgeries |
| Williamstown Hospital | 62 daysRank 48th of 177 nationally | 6.3%Rank 74th of 162 nationally | 860 surgeries |
| Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | 63 daysRank 50th of 177 nationally | 6.5%Rank 76th of 162 nationally | 369 surgeries |
| Bass Coast Health | 66 daysRank 54th of 177 nationally | 0.0%Rank 1st of 162 nationally | 358 surgeries |
| The Bendigo Hospital | 66 daysRank 54th of 177 nationally | 0.2%Rank 23rd of 162 nationally | 1,012 surgeries |
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 67 daysRank 58th of 177 nationally | 19.2%Rank 133rd of 162 nationally | 494 surgeries |
| Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] | 73 daysRank 66th of 177 nationally | 28.7%Rank 146th of 162 nationally | 401 surgeries |
| Northeast Health Wangaratta | 79 daysRank 70th of 177 nationally | 4.2%Rank 63rd of 162 nationally | 684 surgeries |
| Frankston Hospital | 80 daysRank 71st of 177 nationally | 7.0%Rank 80th of 162 nationally | 616 surgeries |
| Sandringham Hospital | 82 daysRank 72nd of 177 nationally | 4.0%Rank 61st of 162 nationally | 476 surgeries |
| University Hospital Geelong | 84 daysRank 75th of 177 nationally | 1.7%Rank 45th of 162 nationally | 1,426 surgeries |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] | 85 daysRank 79th of 177 nationally | 14.7%Rank 120th of 162 nationally | 824 surgeries |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 86 daysRank 84th of 177 nationally | 15.1%Rank 123rd of 162 nationally | 478 surgeries |
| Broadmeadows Health Service | 89 daysRank 85th of 177 nationally | 6.7%Rank 77th of 162 nationally | 60 surgeries |
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 108 daysRank 109th of 177 nationally | 16.2%Rank 127th of 162 nationally | 1,306 surgeries |
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 119 daysRank 117th of 177 nationally | 19.4%Rank 135th of 162 nationally | 1,083 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] | 130 daysRank 125th of 177 nationally | 9.8%Rank 101st of 162 nationally | 1,158 surgeries |
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 150 daysRank 136th of 177 nationally | 4.6%Rank 65th of 162 nationally | 238 surgeries |
| Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] | 413 daysRank 177th of 177 nationally | not published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure | 19 surgeries |
How waits have changed
Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.
The charts show Australia and Victoria.
- Australia
- Victoria
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| Financial year | Australia | Victoria |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 63 days | 66 days |
| 2012–13 | 65 days | 69 days |
| 2013–14 | 66 days | 73 days |
| 2014–15 | 64 days | 66 days |
| 2015–16 | 67 days | 69 days |
| 2016–17 | 69 days | 61 days |
| 2017–18 | 73 days | 57 days |
| 2018–19 | 77 days | 54 days |
| 2019–20 | 76 days | 55 days |
| 2020–21 | 93 days | 62 days |
| 2021–22 | 84 days | 55 days |
| 2022–23 | 101 days | 83 days |
| 2023–24 | 90 days | 73 days |
| 2024–25 | 86 days | 60 days |
All of Australia: Orthopaedic surgery
Other states and territories
The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.
What this page leaves out
Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.
Before you use these figures
Surgery Waits is not medical advice. Your general practitioner and your treating specialist can help you decide what is right for you.
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Where this data comes from
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 20 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 3 October 2026
- Data released
- 19 August 2026
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
- Dataset on publicdata.au
- Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Version
- 27 October 2026
- Data released
- The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- How to cite this data
- Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/