Amputation of limb waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Amputation of limb at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

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

Median wait: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 10 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 22 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 18 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Amputation of limb, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	22 days	not published	10 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	10 days	1.2%	338 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	14 days	1.2%	761 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 14 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away8 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away13 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away13 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away12 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 103 km away16 days
The AlfredVIC · about 105 km away11 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 109 km away7 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 115 km away3 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]
VIC
Australia

View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Amputation of limb, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	23	14	11
2017–18	18	13	13
2018–19	22	13	12
2019–20	15	11	11
2020–21	not published	12	13
2021–22	not published	11	14
2022–23	not published	12	14
2023–24	not published	12	14
2024–25	22	10	14

What is not here

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

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