Cervical discectomy and fusion waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]
The median wait for cervical discectomy and fusion at this public hospital in the Footscray area of Victoria was 34 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
- 34 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 14 days in 2021–22 to 34 days in 2024–25 — up 143% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 94 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 6 km away, at 27 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 34 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 40 days | 3.8% | 240 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 94 days | 12.9% | 1076 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Western Hospital [Footscray]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Western Hospital [Footscray] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 66 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 42 | 67 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 49 | 76 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 52 | 80 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 39 | 90 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 21 | 83 |
| 2022–23 | 159 | 28 | 139 |
| 2023–24 | 256 | 63 | 111 |
| 2024–25 | 34 | 40 | 94 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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