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Unhealed fracture repair waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for unhealed fracture repair in Victoria public hospitals was 4 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 5 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Fracture non-union - treatment of".

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

19 public hospitals in Victoria reported unhealed fracture repair in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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13 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 5 days marks the national median.

Fracture non-union - treatment 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 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 3 days 0.0% 163 surgeries
1 Sunshine Hospital 3 days not published 13 surgeries
3 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 4 days 0.0% 113 surgeries
4 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 7 days not published 46 surgeries
5 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 18 days not published 34 surgeries
6 Box Hill Hospital 28 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Albury Wodonga Health [Wodonga Campus] not published not published not published
unranked Dandenong Hospital not published not published not published
unranked Frankston Public Surgical Centre not published not published not published
unranked Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked Northeast Health Wangaratta 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 not published
unranked St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published not published

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Heidelberg.

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The median wait for unhealed fracture repair in Victoria public hospitals was 4 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Unhealed fracture repair waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/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.