Surgery Waits

Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Werribee Mercy Hospital

The median wait for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as "Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage" — at this public hospital in the Hoppers Crossing area of Victoria was 20 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
20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
553 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.4%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 158 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 16 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Williamstown Hospital, about 17 km away, at 15 days. Here, 1.4% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Werribee Mercy Hospital20 days1.4%553 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)20 days0.5%11778 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)28 days0.9%36667 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 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 hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage by financial year at Werribee Mercy Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Werribee Mercy Hospital 20VIC 20Australia 28
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWerribee Mercy Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17161723
2017–18141826
2018–19221927
2019–20192028
2020–21192029
2021–22182027
2022–23182228
2023–24222128
2024–25202028

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

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