Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
Half of patients at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] waited 25 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". 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
- 25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 37 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — down 32% — while the national median rose from 54 days to 71 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] | 25 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 52 days | 2.1% | 287 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 98 km away: 49 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 101 km away: 84 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 103 km away: 46 days
Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC · about 109 km away: 283 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 131 km away: 35 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 140 km away: 144 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 142 km away: 141 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 151 km away: 63 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 | 37 | 44 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 49 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 52 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 30 | 60 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 111 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 98 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 95 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 34 | 50 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 25 | 52 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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