Hysterectomy waiting time at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for hysterectomy — published by the source as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Warrnambool 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: 79 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 0.0%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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 53 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 80 days in 2016–17 to 79 days in 2024–25 — down 1% — while the national median rose from 55 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], about 151 km away, at 44 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
South West Healthcare [Warrnambool]	79 days	0.0%	50 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.3%	819 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	50 days	2.7%	2957 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	74 days	7.4%	9163 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.

Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 151 km away44 days
Mount Gambier and Districts Health ServiceSA · about 161 km away48 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 167 km away55 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 189 km away43 days
Werribee Mercy HospitalVIC · about 202 km away31 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 216 km away34 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 219 km away64 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 227 km away28 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic), by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	not reported for this period	57	53
2012–13	not reported for this period	60	53
2013–14	not reported for this period	63	52
2014–15	not reported for this period	51	55
2015–16	not reported for this period	48	52
2016–17	80	44	55
2017–18	82	45	57
2018–19	90	49	61
2019–20	102	48	63
2020–21	130	70	80
2021–22	147	50	74
2022–23	137	78	84
2023–24	61	66	77
2024–25	79	50	74

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] · Hysterectomy across Australia · Hysterectomy in Victoria