Tendon release waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 93 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: 93 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 74 days in 2016–17 to 93 days in 2024–25 — up 26% — while the national median rose from 22 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Sunshine Hospital, about 59 km away, at 52 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tendon release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	93 days	not published	18 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	19 days	9.4%	191 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	34 days	7.5%	1016 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.

Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 59 km away52 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away6 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away22 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 77 km away4 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 80 km away7 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 Tendon release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	74	21	22
2017–18	117	21	29
2018–19	30	14	29
2019–20	79	8	28
2020–21	20	6	30
2021–22	17	5	23
2022–23	84	10	28
2023–24	91	64	45
2024–25	93	19	34

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

All surgery at University Hospital Geelong · Tendon release across Australia · Tendon release in Victoria