Sandringham Hospital surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Sandringham Hospital is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 37 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 18 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 9 days | 87 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | 13 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 15 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 18 days | 87 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 21 days | 138 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | 23 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Carpal tunnel release | 28 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 29 days | 96 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | 55 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 57 days | 58 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | 82 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder joint replacement | 104 days | 16 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | 224 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | 240 days | 33 surgeries | not published |
| Total hip replacement | 261 days | 71 surgeries | 4.2% |
| Total knee replacement | 291 days | 84 surgeries | 10.7% |
| Arthrodesis | 296 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Amputation of limb | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | not published | not published | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | not published | not published | not published |
| Cystoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Dermoid cyst - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | not published | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | not published | not published | not published |
| Scar revision | not published | not published | not published |
| Shoulder reconstruction | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Toenail surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Trigger finger/thumb release | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Circumcision last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Coronary artery bypass grafting last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Craniotomy last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Exostosis - excision of last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hydrocele - repair of last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2013–14 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nerve decompression last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Parathyroidectomy last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Posterior fossa decompression last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) last reported 2017–18 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tendon release last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2018–19 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Turbinectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 4 days | 100% | 174 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 25 days | 99% | 494 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 99 days | 96% | 465 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.