Surgery Waits

Hysterectomy waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

The median wait for hysterectomy — published by the source as "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" — at this public hospital in the Bendigo area of Victoria was 96 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
96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
96 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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 63 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2011–12 to 96 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 53 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Kilmore & District Hospital, about 86 km away, at 35 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)" 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 Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital96 days0.0%96 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)50 days2.7%2957 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)74 days7.4%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.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) by financial year at The Bendigo Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays038751131502011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25The Bendigo Hospital 96VIC 50Australia 74
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Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Bendigo Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12625753
2012–13826053
2013–141286352
2014–151005155
2015–16674852
2016–17664455
2017–18704557
2018–19684961
2019–20774863
2020–21847080
2021–221135074
2022–231117884
2023–24916677
2024–25965074

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

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