Endometrial ablation waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

The median wait for endometrial ablation at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria was 63 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: 63 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 44 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 66 days in 2017–18 to 63 days in 2024–25 — down 5% — while the national median rose from 59 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 151 km away, at 25 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Endometrial ablation, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	63 days	not published	44 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	52 days	2.1%	287 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	71 days	4.9%	878 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away25 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 227 km away84 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 234 km away35 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 237 km away46 days
Mercy Hospital for WomenVIC · about 237 km away283 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 242 km away49 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care CentreVIC · about 247 km away144 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 Endometrial ablation, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	not published	44	54
2017–18	66	49	59
2018–19	63	52	59
2019–20	81	60	64
2020–21	113	111	82
2021–22	98	98	84
2022–23	35	95	74
2023–24	36	50	58
2024–25	63	52	71

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

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