Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria was 9 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
9 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
51 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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 27 days in 2016–17 to 9 days in 2024–25 — down 67% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]9 days0.0%51 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)44 days2.6%4256 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.6%23119 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%57307 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

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

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cystoscopy by financial year at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], compared with Victoria and Australiadays02550751002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 9VIC 18Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cystoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSouth West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period2125
2012–13not reported for this period2123
2013–14not reported for this period2123
2014–15not reported for this period2022
2015–16not reported for this period2023
2016–17271924
2017–18281824
2018–19201724
2019–20191523
2020–21181826
2021–22201724
2022–23not published1926
2023–24831625
2024–2591826

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

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