Surgery Waits

Fundoplication waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

The median wait for fundoplication at this public hospital in the Warrnambool area of Victoria was 57 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
57 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
15 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 120 days in 2021–22 to 57 days in 2024–25 — down 53% — while the national median fell from 106 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is University Hospital Geelong, about 167 km away, at 33 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Fundoplication, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]57 daysnot published15 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)71 days5.5%201 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)90 days8.0%802 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 90 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for fundoplication by financial year at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] 57VIC 71Australia 90
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Fundoplication, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSouth West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published8281
2017–18not published8783
2018–19not published8682
2019–20not published7786
2020–21not published153104
2021–22120111106
2022–23not published210133
2023–24not published139104
2024–25577190

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] · Fundoplication across Australia · Fundoplication in Victoria