Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy at this public hospital in the Bendigo area of Victoria was 11 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
- 11 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 17 days in 2022–23 to 11 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median rose from 15 days to 17 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 11 days | not published | 12 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.0% | 416 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 17 days | 0.0% | 1875 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Bendigo Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Bendigo Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 14 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 14 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 13 | 15 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 13 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 12 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 13 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 11 | 15 | 17 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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