Heart valve replacement waiting time at University Hospital Geelong
The median wait for heart valve replacement at this public hospital in the Geelong area of Victoria was 24 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
- 24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 116 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 29 days in 2016–17 to 24 days in 2024–25 — down 17% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 65 km away, at 20 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Geelong | 24 days | 0.0% | 116 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.2% | 676 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.9% | 2205 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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 | 29 | 26 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | 32 | 36 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 27 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 17 | 25 | 26 |
| 2020–21 | 18 | 25 | 27 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 25 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 27 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 29 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | 24 | 26 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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