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Joint fusion surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for joint fusion surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 110 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 158 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis".

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

23 public hospitals in Victoria reported joint fusion surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthrodesis" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

12 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

Arthrodesis in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 The Alfred 10 days not published 26 surgeries
2 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 45 days 4.9% 61 surgeries
3 St Vincent's On the Park 57 days not published 10 surgeries
4 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 62 days not published 15 surgeries
5 Northeast Health Wangaratta 88 days not published 17 surgeries
6 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 109 days not published 14 surgeries
7 Dandenong Hospital 138 days not published 18 surgeries
8 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 177 days not published 30 surgeries
9 University Hospital Geelong 213 days 18.8% 64 surgeries
10 Sandringham Hospital 296 days not published 11 surgeries
11 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 297 days not published 21 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Box Hill Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Public Surgical Centre not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published not published
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked Sunshine Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published 7 surgeries
unranked Werribee Mercy Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Fitzroy · near Prahran.

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The median wait for joint fusion surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 110 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Joint fusion surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthrodesis/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthrodesis/vic/), 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.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.