Dilatation and curettage waiting time at The Bendigo Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for dilatation and curettage — published by the source as “Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage” — at this public hospital in the Bendigo 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: 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 259 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 158 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 38% — while the national median rose from 23 days to 28 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Kilmore & District Hospital, about 86 km away, at 7 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
The Bendigo Hospital	22 days	0.0%	259 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	20 days	0.5%	11778 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	28 days	0.9%	36667 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 28 days marks the national median.

The Kilmore & District HospitalVIC · about 86 km away7 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]VIC · about 98 km away22 days
Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh]VIC · about 104 km away21 days
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]VIC · about 109 km away13 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 120 km away20 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 122 km away17 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 131 km away21 days
Mercy Hospital for WomenVIC · about 131 km away15 days

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

How the wait has changed

The Bendigo Hospital
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	The Bendigo Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	16	17	23
2017–18	19	18	26
2018–19	21	19	27
2019–20	21	20	28
2020–21	20	20	29
2021–22	21	20	27
2022–23	19	22	28
2023–24	21	21	28
2024–25	22	20	28

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

All surgery at The Bendigo Hospital · Dilatation and curettage across Australia · Dilatation and curettage in Victoria