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Victoria: Category 1, urgent

Surgery in category 1, urgent, is recommended within 30 days of joining the waiting list. In Victoria, 46 public hospitals published a share treated on time in 2024–25.

Your treating specialist assigns the category after assessing you. The recommended time is a target.

Hospitals in Victoria

The highest share treated within the recommended time comes first. A hospital with no published share 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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Category 1, urgent: public hospitals in Victoria2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalTreated within the recommended timeMedian waitPatients treated
Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally2,065 surgeries
Angliss Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally854 surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally2,415 surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally2,095 surgeries
Bass Coast Health100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally376 surgeries
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally6 daysRank 15th of 234 nationally494 surgeries
Box Hill Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally3,074 surgeries
Broadmeadows Health Service100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally7 daysRank 21st of 234 nationally20 surgeries
Casey Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally3,246 surgeries
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally320 surgeries
Dandenong Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally5 daysRank 8th of 234 nationally3,343 surgeries
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally222 surgeries
Frankston Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally1,944 surgeries
Frankston Public Surgical Centre100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally1,473 surgeries
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally1,061 surgeries
Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally24 surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally2,813 surgeries
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally968 surgeries
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally1,437 surgeries
Mercy Hospital for Women100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally736 surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally1,975 surgeries
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally2,501 surgeries
Northeast Health Wangaratta100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally938 surgeries
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally2,648 surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally1,905 surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally4,388 surgeries
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally1,596 surgeries
Sandringham Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally4 daysRank 6th of 234 nationally174 surgeries
Sandringham Monash100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally264 surgeries
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally15 daysRank 131st of 234 nationally29 surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally3 daysRank 4th of 234 nationally1,147 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally12 daysRank 73rd of 234 nationally2,501 surgeries
St Vincent's On the Park100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally271 surgeries
Sunshine Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally3,723 surgeries
The Alfred100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally10 daysRank 56th of 234 nationally3,915 surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally14 daysRank 104th of 234 nationally2,311 surgeries
The Kilmore & District Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally14 surgeries
The Northern Hospital [Epping]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally13 daysRank 83rd of 234 nationally2,799 surgeries
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally2,080 surgeries
University Hospital Geelong100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally3,835 surgeries
Victorian Heart Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally8 daysRank 29th of 234 nationally128 surgeries
Werribee Mercy Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally16 daysRank 147th of 234 nationally1,330 surgeries
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally9 daysRank 40th of 234 nationally866 surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally1,570 surgeries
Williamstown Hospital100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally11 daysRank 64th of 234 nationally903 surgeries
Yarra Ranges Health100%Rank 1st of 234 nationally17 daysRank 160th of 234 nationally721 surgeries
Sunbury Day Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients

All of Australia: Category 1, urgent

Victoria: planned surgery waiting times

Other urgency categories

Each link opens the same figures for one of the other two categories.

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.

In an emergency, call 000.

Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, 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, elective surgery waiting times data 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-elective-surgery-waiting-times/v/2026-10-03/
  • 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/