Womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
Half of patients at The Bendigo Hospital waited 49 days or less for womb lining removal (endometrial ablation) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Endometrial ablation". This public hospital is in the Bendigo 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
- 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 29 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 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 41 days in 2018–19 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 20% — while the national median rose from 59 days to 71 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 25 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 49 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 52 days | 2.1% | 287 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 4.9% | 878 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 98 km away: 25 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 120 km away: 46 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 131 km away: 84 days
Mercy Hospital for Women, VIC · about 131 km away: 283 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 172 km away: 141 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 173 km away: 35 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care Centre, VIC · about 175 km away: 144 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 236 km away: 34 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Bendigo Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Bendigo Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 44 | 54 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 49 | 59 |
| 2018–19 | 41 | 52 | 59 |
| 2019–20 | 55 | 60 | 64 |
| 2020–21 | 77 | 111 | 82 |
| 2021–22 | 101 | 98 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 33 | 95 | 74 |
| 2023–24 | 91 | 50 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 49 | 52 | 71 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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