Tendon release waiting time at Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Tendon release 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: 18 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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 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 Tendon release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	7 days	not published	18 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	19 days	9.4%	191 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	34 days	7.5%	1016 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 days marks the national median.

University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 80 km away93 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 88 km away52 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 101 km away6 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 103 km away22 days
Dandenong HospitalVIC · about 129 km away4 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
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Tendon release, 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	not published	21	22
2017–18	not published	21	29
2018–19	not published	14	29
2019–20	not published	8	28
2020–21	3	6	30
2021–22	6	5	23
2022–23	16	10	28
2023–24	6	64	45
2024–25	7	19	34

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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