Reflux surgery waiting time at University Hospital Geelong
Half of patients at University Hospital Geelong waited 33 days or less for reflux surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Fundoplication". This public hospital is in the Geelong 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
- 33 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 25 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 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 108 days in 2017–18 to 33 days in 2024–25 — down 69% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 90 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Fundoplication" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Geelong | 33 days | not published | 25 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.5% | 201 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 8.0% | 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.
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 61 km away: 206 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 65 km away: 104 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 66 km away: 62 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 67 km away: 53 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 79 km away: 52 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 156 km away: 233 days
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool], VIC · about 167 km away: 57 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- University Hospital Geelong
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | University Hospital Geelong (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 82 | 81 |
| 2017–18 | 108 | 87 | 83 |
| 2018–19 | 110 | 86 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 85 | 77 | 86 |
| 2020–21 | 183 | 153 | 104 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 111 | 106 |
| 2022–23 | 220 | 210 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 53 | 139 | 104 |
| 2024–25 | 33 | 71 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at University Hospital Geelong · Reflux surgery across Australia · Reflux surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria