Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 109 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the Ballarat Central 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
- 109 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 66 days in 2017–18 to 109 days in 2024–25 — up 65% — while the national median rose from 105 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 103 km away, at 45 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 109 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 110 days | 16.2% | 334 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 158 days | 19.3% | 1563 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 213 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 101 km away: 177 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 103 km away: 45 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 103 km away: 57 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 105 km away: 10 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 108 km away: 62 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 112 km away: 296 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 114 km away: 297 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 60 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 66 | 69 | 105 |
| 2018–19 | 46 | 64 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 55 | 107 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 71 | 182 |
| 2021–22 | 72 | 113 | 185 |
| 2022–23 | 130 | 147 | 203 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 123 | 171 |
| 2024–25 | 109 | 110 | 158 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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