Female sterilisation waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
The median wait for female sterilisation at this public hospital in the Bellfield area of Victoria was 77 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
- 77 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 35 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 53 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 13 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 86 days in 2023–24 to 77 days in 2024–25 — down 10% — while the national median rose from 118 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], about 90 km away, at 30 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 77 days | not published | 35 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 3.7% | 187 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 129 days | 11.5% | 1388 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
- 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 | 38 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 40 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 53 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 92 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 163 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | 112 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 154 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 86 | 145 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 77 | 77 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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