Meniscectomy waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Meniscectomy 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: 42 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 31 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 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 Meniscectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	42 days	not published	31 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	35 days	2.5%	284 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	57 days	3.6%	561 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 57 days marks the national median.

The AlfredVIC · about 64 km away16 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 66 km away31 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 66 km away30 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 66 km away86 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping]VIC · about 79 km away26 days
The Bendigo HospitalVIC · about 156 km away31 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 Meniscectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	33	41	50
2017–18	36	41	56
2018–19	47	29	51
2019–20	34	31	62
2020–21	117	67	109
2021–22	106	47	89
2022–23	231	52	97
2023–24	41	41	69
2024–25	42	35	57

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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