Arthroscopy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for arthroscopy at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 54 days in 2024–25.

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: 54 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 31 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 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 54 days in 2024–25 — up 13% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Frankston Public Surgical Centre, about 1 km away, at 42 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthroscopy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Hospital	54 days	not published	31 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.

Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 1 km away42 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 21 km away50 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 23 km away57 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 26 km away64 days
The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away46 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away39 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 38 km away41 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 40 km away49 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthroscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	48	41	68
2017–18	62	48	72
2018–19	58	45	75
2019–20	63	51	76
2020–21	152	64	89
2021–22	190	64	85
2022–23	148	74	86
2023–24	17	63	78
2024–25	54	48	78

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

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