Female sterilisation waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 145 days or less for female sterilisation in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Sunshine North 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
- 145 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 30 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 145 days in 2024–25 — up 418% — while the national median rose from 74 days to 129 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], about 13 km away, at 114 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 145 days | not published | 12 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 129 days marks the national median.
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 13 km away: 114 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 77 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 57 km away: 279 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 88 km away: 5 days
West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul], VIC · about 108 km away: 30 days
Northeast Health Wangaratta, VIC · about 205 km away: 29 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 28 | 38 | 74 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 40 | 76 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 53 | 78 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 92 | 88 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 163 | 112 |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | 112 |
| 2022–23 | 507 | 154 | 102 |
| 2023–24 | 297 | 145 | 118 |
| 2024–25 | 145 | 77 | 129 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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