Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 58 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". 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
- 58 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 72 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 2.8%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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 45 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 48 days in 2016–17 to 58 days in 2024–25 — up 21% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 80 km away, at 55 days. Here, 2.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 58 days | 2.8% | 72 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 4.2% | 1804 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 80 km away: 55 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 83 km away: 72 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 88 km away: 42 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 95 km away: 60 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 41 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 42 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 101 km away: 98 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 101 km away: 40 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 | 48 | 41 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 46 | 48 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 36 | 45 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 71 | 51 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 23 | 64 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 64 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 46 | 74 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 43 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 48 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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