Circumcision waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]
Half of patients at Western Hospital [Footscray] waited 119 days or less for circumcision in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Footscray 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
- 119 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 67 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 44 days in 2016–17 to 119 days in 2024–25 — up 170% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 6 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hospital [Footscray] | 119 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.2% | 816 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 9.1% | 3291 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 6 km away: 132 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 6 km away: 70 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 55 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 8 km away: 26 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 10 km away: 28 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 15 km away: 83 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 19 km away: 39 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 20 km away: 104 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Western Hospital [Footscray]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Western Hospital [Footscray] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 44 | 47 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 65 | 42 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 30 | 39 | 60 |
| 2019–20 | 70 | 45 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 62 | 84 | 85 |
| 2021–22 | 46 | 78 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 237 | 112 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 88 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 119 | 55 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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