Keyhole joint surgery near Heidelberg
Near Heidelberg, Box Hill Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: 39 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
3 public hospitals are ranked here by the median wait the source published for keyhole joint surgery, shortest first, and by nothing else. Every hospital listed is within 120 km of every other. 1 hospital sits just outside this area, within about 25 km of one of its hospitals, and is included because a referral can cross the line. 1 children's hospital nearby is left out, because it treats only children. The source publishes this surgery as "Arthroscopy".
Hospitals in or near Heidelberg
| Rank | Hospital | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Box Hill Hospital | 39 days | 3.6% | Box Hill, VIC. Outside this area, about 8 km from Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]. |
| 2 | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 106 days | 7.3% | Bellfield, VIC. In this area. |
| 3 | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 107 days | not published | Heidelberg, VIC. In this area. |
This area covers Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] and Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]: the hospitals of the source's Local Hospital Network "Austin Health (Vic)". Distances are straight lines between hospital locations, rounded to the nearest kilometre; they are not travel distances. A shorter median does not mean a hospital will see you sooner: your urgency category and your specialist decide that.
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Near Heidelberg, Box Hill Hospital, just outside the area, had the shortest median wait for keyhole joint surgery in 2024–25: 39 days (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).
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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole joint surgery near Heidelberg: hospital waits", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/heidelberg/, accessed 28 May 2026.Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/arthroscopy/near/heidelberg/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.
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Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.
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