Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 106 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 Bellfield 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
- 106 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 124 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.3%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 97 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 97 days in 2023–24 to 106 days in 2024–25 — up 9% — while the national median stayed at 78 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 8 km away, at 59 days. Here, 7.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 106 days | 7.3% | 124 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.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 1 km away: 107 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 8 km away: 59 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 39 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 9 km away: 40 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 10 km away: 98 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 46 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 34 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 15 km away: 60 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 41 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 48 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 45 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 51 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 64 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 64 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 74 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 97 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 106 | 48 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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