Prolapse repair waiting time at Mercy Hospital for Women
Median wait, long waits and volumes for prolapse repair — published by the source as “Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior” — at this public hospital in the Eaglemont 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
- 170 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 68 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 5.9%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 66 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 109 days in 2016–17 to 170 days in 2024–25 — up 56% — while the national median rose from 96 days to 165 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Box Hill Hospital, about 8 km away, at 122 days. Here, 5.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 16.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior” and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital for Women | 170 days | 5.9% | 68 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 124 days | 6.1% | 642 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 165 days | 16.9% | 2117 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
- Mercy Hospital for Women
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Mercy Hospital for Women (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 109 | 85 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 176 | 111 | 126 |
| 2018–19 | 86 | 98 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 92 | 101 | 119 |
| 2020–21 | 194 | 177 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | 133 | 131 | 183 |
| 2022–23 | 190 | 211 | 220 |
| 2023–24 | 184 | 153 | 176 |
| 2024–25 | 170 | 124 | 165 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Mercy Hospital for Women · Prolapse repair across Australia · Prolapse repair in Victoria