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title: "Williamstown Hospital surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Williamstown Hospital, a public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/"
---

# Williamstown Hospital surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria published median waits from **15 days** for dilatation and curettage to **203 days** for deviated septum surgery.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Williamstown Hospital is a public hospital in the Williamstown area of Victoria. It is part of [Western Health](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/western-health/). It reported 67 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 34 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

**[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick a surgery and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Williamstown Hospital, 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/dilatation-and-curettage/) | 15 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| [Prostate biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/prostate-biopsy/) | 17 days | 271 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Stone/s urinary tract - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/) | 17 days | 317 surgeries | 0.6% |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/cystoscopy/) | 21 days | 289 surgeries | 3.8% |
| [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/breast-lump-removal/) | 34 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| [Stress incontinence surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/stress-incontinence-surgery/) | 37 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/arthroscopy/) | 41 days | 136 surgeries | 3.7% |
| [Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/prostate-surgery/) | 44 days | 123 surgeries | 7.3% |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/skin-lesion-removal/) | 44 days | 107 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Haemorrhoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/haemorrhoid-surgery/) | 47 days | 67 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/gallbladder-removal/) | 48 days | 171 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Carpal tunnel release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/carpal-tunnel-surgery/) | 50 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/circumcision/) | 55 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/hysterectomy/) | 64 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Pilonidal sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/) | 70 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/laparoscopy/) | 79 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 89 days | 143 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/acl-reconstruction/) | 92 days | 66 surgeries | 6.1% |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/hernia-repair/) | 104 days | 54 surgeries | 1.9% |
| [Shoulder joint replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/shoulder-joint-replacement/) | 107 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Total hip replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/hip-replacement/) | 107 days | 87 surgeries | 3.4% |
| [Total knee replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/knee-replacement/) | 131 days | 150 surgeries | 10.7% |
| [Arthroplasty - revision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/arthroplasty-revision-of/) | 144 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| [Lithotripsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/lithotripsy/) | 155 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/tonsillectomy/) | 163 days | 24 surgeries | not published |
| [Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/acromioplasty-arthroscopy-shoulder-sub-acromial-decompression/) | 188 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/septoplasty/) | 203 days | 44 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/adenoidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Anal fissure - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/anal-fissure-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/arthrodesis/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Bartholin's abscess drainage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/bartholins-abscess-drainage/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Breast prosthesis - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/breast-prosthesis-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/bunion-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Cone biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/cone-biopsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Curettage and evacuation of uterus](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/curettage-and-evacuation-of-uterus/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Diathermy of wart/s](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/diathermy-of-wart-s/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Epididymal cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/epididymal-cyst-removal-of/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Exostosis - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/exostosis-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Female sterilisation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/female-sterilisation/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Fracture non-union - treatment of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Functional endoscopic sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Fundoplication](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/fundoplication/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/hammer-claw-mallet-toe-correction-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/hydrocele-repair-of/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/lletz-procedure/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Meniscectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/meniscectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Muscle or tendon length - change of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/muscle-or-tendon-length-change-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myomectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/myomectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/myringotomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/orchidectomy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidopexy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/orchidopexy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Osteotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/osteotomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/grommets/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/repair-of-obstructing-hiatus-hernia/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rhinoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/rhinoplasty/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rotator cuff - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/rotator-cuff-repair/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Shoulder reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/shoulder-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/tendon-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/toenail-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/trigger-finger-release/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Turbinectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ureteric - reimplantation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/ureteric-reimplantation/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Urethra - dilatation of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/urethra-dilatation-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/prolapse-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amputation of limb last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Axillary node dissection last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reconstruction last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast reduction last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Cleft lip and palate - repair of last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Common peroneal nerve release last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Dialysis access surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Ectropion - correction of last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Endometrial ablation last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Microlaryngoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal cautery last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasal polypectomy last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Nasendoscopy last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Pharynx - excision of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Radical neck dissection last reported 2019–20 | not reported |  |  |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Scar revision last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Ureteric stent - insertion of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Williamstown Hospital by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/vic/) | 11 days | 100% | 903 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/vic/) | 57 days | 67% | 1506 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/vic/) | 106 days | 90% | 655 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Williamstown Hospital published median planned-surgery waits from 15 days for dilatation and curettage to 203 days for deviated septum surgery (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Williamstown Hospital wait times and waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/, accessed 28 May 2026.
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Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/williamstown-hospital/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

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