Bunion surgery waiting time at Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
Median wait, long waits and volumes for bunion surgery — published by the source as “Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of” — at this public hospital in the Ringwood East 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
- 171 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 19 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.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2016–17 to 171 days in 2024–25 — up 242% — while the national median rose from 137 days to 183 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 12 km away, at 102 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] | 171 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 95 days | 14.3% | 189 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 183 days | 16.2% | 616 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 50 | 67 | 137 |
| 2017–18 | 65 | 69 | 121 |
| 2018–19 | 94 | 71 | 142 |
| 2019–20 | 89 | 94 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 345 | 203 | 262 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 162 | 231 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 181 | 222 |
| 2023–24 | 329 | 159 | 206 |
| 2024–25 | 171 | 95 | 183 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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