Cystectomy waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Cystectomy 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: 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 11 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 18 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 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 Cystectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	64 days	not published	11 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	25 days	3.8%	133 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	29 days	1.5%	517 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 29 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away59 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 227 km away53 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 227 km away35 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 237 km away17 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 Cystectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	17	not published	27
2017–18	not published	33	29
2018–19	not published	29	29
2019–20	not published	24	27
2020–21	36	27	29
2021–22	not published	32	28
2022–23	29	28	32
2023–24	not published	31	30
2024–25	64	25	29

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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