Keyhole joint surgery waiting time at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
Half of patients at West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] waited 30 days or less for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy". This public hospital is in the Warragul 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
- 30 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 114 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 150 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 30 days in 2024–25 — down 23% — while the national median rose from 68 days to 78 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] | 30 days | 0.0% | 114 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 48 days | 4.2% | 1804 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 78 days | 7.1% | 8779 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 78 days marks the national median.
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon], VIC · about 48 km away: 58 days
Bass Coast Health, VIC · about 57 km away: 58 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 66 km away: 50 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 69 km away: 42 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 70 km away: 54 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 72 km away: 49 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 81 km away: 64 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 81 km away: 39 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 39 | 41 | 68 |
| 2017–18 | 33 | 48 | 72 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 45 | 75 |
| 2019–20 | 44 | 51 | 76 |
| 2020–21 | 35 | 64 | 89 |
| 2021–22 | 28 | 64 | 85 |
| 2022–23 | 42 | 74 | 86 |
| 2023–24 | 62 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 30 | 48 | 78 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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