Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
Half of patients at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] waited 9 days or less for bladder scope (cystoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cystoscopy". This public hospital is in the Warrnambool 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
- 9 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 51 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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 27 days in 2016–17 to 9 days in 2024–25 — down 67% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] | 9 days | 0.0% | 51 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 44 days | 2.6% | 4256 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.6% | 23119 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 151 km away: 21 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 167 km away: 27 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 202 km away: 24 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 216 km away: 13 days
Naracoorte Health Service, SA · about 219 km away: 29 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 219 km away: 21 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 221 km away: 19 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 226 km away: 39 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 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
- South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 21 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 21 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 21 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 20 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 20 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 27 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 28 | 18 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 15 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 18 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 19 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 83 | 16 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 9 | 18 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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