Urine passage widening waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 18 days or less for urine passage widening in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Urethra - dilatation of". 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
- 18 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 82 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 14 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 risen from 14 days in 2023–24 to 18 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 27 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 14 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.0%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Urethra - dilatation of" 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] | 18 days | 0.0% | 82 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.8% | 358 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 21 days | 1.7% | 176 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 27 days | 1.0% | 599 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 27 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 1 km away: 14 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 36 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 74 km away: 57 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 359 km away: 30 days
Griffith Base Hospital, NSW · about 397 km away: 28 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 | 25 | 29 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 28 | 28 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 30 | 32 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | 32 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not published | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 25 | 27 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not published | 31 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 18 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 18 | 21 | 27 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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