Surgery Waits

Amputation of limb waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for amputation of limb at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 9 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
9 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
26 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 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 7 days in 2017–18 to 9 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 13 days to 14 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 21 km away, at 8 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Amputation of limb, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Frankston Hospital9 daysnot published26 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)10 days1.2%338 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)14 days1.2%761 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 14 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for amputation of limb by financial year at Frankston Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays04811152016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Frankston Hospital 9VIC 10Australia 14
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Amputation of limb, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodFrankston Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published1411
2017–1871313
2018–19not published1312
2019–2071111
2020–2191213
2021–22not published1114
2022–23101214
2023–24111214
2024–2591014

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Frankston Hospital · Amputation of limb across Australia · Amputation of limb in Victoria