Bunion surgery waiting time at Frankston Public Surgical Centre
The median wait for bunion surgery — published by the source as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" — at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 95 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
- 95 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 162 days in 2022–23 to 95 days in 2024–25 — down 41% — while the national median fell from 222 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 41 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankston Public Surgical Centre | 95 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 14.3% | 189 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Frankston Public Surgical Centre
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Frankston Public Surgical Centre (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 67 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 69 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 71 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 94 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 203 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 162 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | 162 | 181 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 185 | 159 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 95 | 95 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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