Haemorrhoidectomy waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Haemorrhoidectomy 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: 7 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 53 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 1.9%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 109 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 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 Haemorrhoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	7 days	1.9%	53 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	43 days	1.7%	2209 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	63 days	2.6%	4759 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 63 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away24 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 83 km away56 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away49 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 95 km away41 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 98 km away47 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 98 km away56 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away63 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away129 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 Haemorrhoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	48	63	57
2012–13	246	79	59
2013–14	not published	69	59
2014–15	not published	58	56
2015–16	26	55	54
2016–17	85	41	49
2017–18	67	37	47
2018–19	38	34	49
2019–20	not published	38	57
2020–21	not published	70	70
2021–22	78	99	77
2022–23	83	127	90
2023–24	20	53	67
2024–25	7	43	63

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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