Surgery Waits

Category 2 (semi-urgent) waiting times in Victoria

Of the 47 public hospitals that published a figure for 2024–25, the share treated on time ranged from 99% at Sandringham Hospital down to 31% at Sandringham Monash.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

Category 2 (semi-urgent) means surgery is recommended within 90 days of being placed on the waiting list. Surgery for a condition causing pain, dysfunction or disability, but unlikely to deteriorate quickly. The table ranks Victoria's public hospitals by the share of semi-urgent patients treated within that time in 2024–25.

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures.

Category 2 (semi-urgent) planned surgery at Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25, ranked by the share treated within the recommended time — highest first. Hospitals with the same figure share a rank; a hospital with no published figure is listed unranked. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Treated on time Median wait Surgeries
1 Sandringham Hospital 99% 25 days 494 surgeries
2 Sunbury Day Hospital 97% 49 days 38 surgeries
2 The Alfred 97% 36 days 3666 surgeries
4 Bass Coast Health 95% 46 days 781 surgeries
5 South West Healthcare [Camperdown] 94% 44 days 155 surgeries
6 The Kilmore & District Hospital 92% 22 days 82 surgeries
7 Yarra Ranges Health 91% 46 days 1346 surgeries
8 Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health 90% 31 days 137 surgeries
8 University Hospital Geelong 90% 40 days 5055 surgeries
10 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 88% 41 days 2137 surgeries
10 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 88% 35 days 5463 surgeries
12 Northeast Health Wangaratta 87% 40 days 1082 surgeries
13 Blackburn Public Surgical Centre 85% 36 days 1758 surgeries
14 St Vincent's On the Park 83% 33 days 1021 surgeries
15 Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] 82% 42 days 390 surgeries
16 Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville] 81% 49 days 2147 surgeries
17 South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 79% 64 days 964 surgeries
17 West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] 79% 45 days 1969 surgeries
19 Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre 75% 51 days 1427 surgeries
20 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 74% 52 days 932 surgeries
21 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] 72% 50 days 1033 surgeries
22 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 71% 51 days 3655 surgeries
23 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 69% 54 days 3100 surgeries
23 Sunshine Hospital 69% 49 days 2675 surgeries
23 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 69% 51 days 3592 surgeries
26 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 68% 56 days 1182 surgeries
26 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 68% 64 days 2689 surgeries
28 Williamstown Hospital 67% 57 days 1506 surgeries
29 Frankston Hospital 66% 60 days 2317 surgeries
29 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 66% 60 days 2271 surgeries
31 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 62% 65 days 3686 surgeries
31 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 62% 62 days 4148 surgeries
33 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 61% 63 days 1869 surgeries
33 Broadmeadows Health Service 61% 77 days 520 surgeries
33 The Bendigo Hospital 61% 72 days 2807 surgeries
36 Angliss Hospital 60% 76 days 1351 surgeries
37 Box Hill Hospital 59% 70 days 2810 surgeries
38 Casey Hospital 57% 77 days 2754 surgeries
38 Dandenong Hospital 57% 76 days 1723 surgeries
38 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 57% 77 days 3068 surgeries
38 Victorian Heart Hospital 57% 85 days 183 surgeries
42 Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] 55% 80 days 2103 surgeries
43 Western Hospital [Footscray] 54% 80 days 1270 surgeries
44 Werribee Mercy Hospital 50% 90 days 1634 surgeries
45 Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] 46% 102 days 3752 surgeries
46 Mercy Hospital for Women 43% 116 days 747 surgeries
47 Sandringham Monash 31% 110 days 495 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Compare with every state's hospitals, see Victoria's waiting times by surgery, or start from what the urgency categories mean.