Hysterectomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria was 44 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: 44 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 120 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.8%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 54 days in 2011–12 to 44 days in 2024–25 — down 19% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh], about 53 km away, at 43 days. Here, 0.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	44 days	0.8%	120 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	50 days	2.7%	2957 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away43 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away55 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away31 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away34 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away64 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away96 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 101 km away8 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 Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	54	57	53
2012–13	41	60	53
2013–14	82	63	52
2014–15	88	51	55
2015–16	107	48	52
2016–17	55	44	55
2017–18	51	45	57
2018–19	53	49	61
2019–20	34	48	63
2020–21	47	70	80
2021–22	26	50	74
2022–23	50	78	84
2023–24	53	66	77
2024–25	44	50	74

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

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