Surgery Waits

Bunion surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for bunion surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 95 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 183 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of".

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

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

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.

14 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 183 days marks the national median.

Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of 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 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 32 days not published 47 surgeries
2 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 95 days not published 14 surgeries
3 Box Hill Hospital 102 days not published 13 surgeries
4 Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] 171 days not published 13 surgeries
5 University Hospital Geelong 173 days not published 17 surgeries
6 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 182 days not published 18 surgeries
7 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 194 days not published 14 surgeries
8 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 278 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published not published
unranked Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] not published not published not published
unranked Broadmeadows Health Service not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Hospital not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta not published not published not published
unranked Sandringham Hospital not published not published not published
unranked St Vincent's On the Park not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked The Bendigo Hospital not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published not published
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 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Box Hill.

Cite this page

The median wait for bunion surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 95 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

Copy-ready citation

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

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/bunion-surgery/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.