Amputation of limb waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

The median wait for amputation of limb at this public hospital in the Footscray area of Victoria was 13 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: 13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 21 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 13 days in 2024–25 — up 18% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 14 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 8 km away, at 12 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Amputation of limb, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]	13 days	not published	21 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	10 days	1.2%	338 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	14 days	1.2%	761 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 14 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away13 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away12 days
The AlfredVIC · about 10 km away11 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 16 km away7 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 19 km away16 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 21 km away3 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 28 km away7 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 36 km away8 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Western Hospital [Footscray]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Amputation of limb, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Western Hospital [Footscray] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	11	14	11
2017–18	12	13	13
2018–19	12	13	12
2019–20	11	11	11
2020–21	9	12	13
2021–22	9	11	14
2022–23	14	12	14
2023–24	not published	12	14
2024–25	13	10	14

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

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