Unhealed fracture repair waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
Half of patients at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] waited 4 days or less for unhealed fracture repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Fracture non-union - treatment of". This public hospital is in the Eaglemont area of Victoria.
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
- 4 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 113 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 47 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 15 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 2 days in 2019–20 to 4 days in 2024–25 — up 100% — while the national median rose from 3 days to 5 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 1 km away, at 3 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 4 days | 0.0% | 113 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 4 days | 0.2% | 404 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 5 days | 0.6% | 3596 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 5 days marks the national median.
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 1 km away: 3 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 28 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 10 km away: 18 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 3 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 109 km away: 7 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not published | 4 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not published | 5 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not published | 4 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 3 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 4 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] · Unhealed fracture repair across Australia · Unhealed fracture repair in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria