Surgery Waits

Osteotomy waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Bendigo area of Victoria was 163 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
163 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
10 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 118 days in 2022–23 to 163 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median fell from 157 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 32 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Osteotomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital163 daysnot published10 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)206 days34.3%510 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)135 days19.2%1866 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 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 osteotomy by financial year at The Bendigo Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Bendigo Hospital 163VIC 206Australia 135
  • The Bendigo Hospital
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Osteotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Bendigo Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published6876
2017–18not published8186
2018–19not published8890
2019–20not published117103
2020–21not published174136
2021–22not published203122
2022–23118298157
2023–24104277152
2024–25163206135

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

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