Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of 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: 173 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 17 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 9 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 Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	173 days	not published	17 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	95 days	14.3%	189 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	183 days	16.2%	616 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 65 km away194 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away32 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 66 km away278 days
Frankston Public Surgical CentreVIC · about 67 km away95 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away182 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 76 km away102 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]VIC · about 87 km away171 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 Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	113	67	137
2017–18	64	69	121
2018–19	69	71	142
2019–20	90	94	137
2020–21	156	203	262
2021–22	256	162	231
2022–23	379	181	222
2023–24	93	159	206
2024–25	173	95	183

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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