Dilatation and curettage waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as “Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage” — at this public hospital in the Ballarat Central area of Victoria, 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: 432 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (22 days) — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh], about 53 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	22 days	0.0%	432 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	20 days	0.5%	11778 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.9%	36667 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.

Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 53 km away21 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away14 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away20 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away17 days
South West Healthcare [Camperdown]VIC · about 98 km away75 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away15 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away22 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 101 km away21 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, 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	22	17	23
2017–18	17	18	26
2018–19	16	19	27
2019–20	13	20	28
2020–21	18	20	29
2021–22	20	20	27
2022–23	23	22	28
2023–24	23	21	28
2024–25	22	20	28

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] · Dilatation and curettage across Australia · Dilatation and curettage in Victoria