Bone realignment surgery waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital
Half of patients at The Bendigo Hospital waited 163 days or less for bone realignment surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Osteotomy". 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
- 163 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 32 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 118 days in 2022–23 to 163 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median fell from 157 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 98 km away, at 32 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bendigo Hospital | 163 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 206 days | 34.3% | 510 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 98 km away: 32 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 122 km away: 104 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 130 km away: 374 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 131 km away: 140 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 131 km away: 402 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 133 km away: 92 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 137 km away: 20 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 140 km away: 68 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 | 68 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 81 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 88 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 117 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 174 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 203 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 118 | 298 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 104 | 277 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 163 | 206 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Bone realignment surgery across Australia · Bone realignment surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria