Pilonidal sinus surgery waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for pilonidal sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 17 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: 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 27 days in 2016–17 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 37% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sandringham Hospital, about 61 km away, at 13 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Pilonidal sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	17 days	not published	14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	43 days	2.5%	445 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	65 days	3.4%	1265 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.

Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 41 km away161 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 56 km away70 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 59 km away55 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 61 km away13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away49 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 67 km away61 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 74 km away53 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away38 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 Pilonidal sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	27	43	55
2017–18	76	52	61
2018–19	66	53	63
2019–20	56	60	67
2020–21	64	97	83
2021–22	64	108	93
2022–23	56	132	94
2023–24	21	45	70
2024–25	17	43	65

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

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