Surgery Waits

Fundoplication waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

The median wait for fundoplication at this public hospital in the Bendigo area of Victoria was 233 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
233 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
24 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 26 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 161 days in 2016–17 to 233 days in 2024–25 — up 45% — while the national median rose from 81 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 120 km away, at 52 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Fundoplication, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital233 daysnot published24 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)71 days5.5%201 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days8.0%802 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for fundoplication by financial year at The Bendigo Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Bendigo Hospital 233VIC 71Australia 90
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Fundoplication, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Bendigo Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–171618281
2017–182408783
2018–191088682
2019–20967786
2020–21213153104
2021–22135111106
2022–23299210133
2023–24175139104
2024–252337190

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

All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Fundoplication across Australia · Fundoplication in Victoria