Pterygium - excision of waiting time at University Hospital Geelong

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Pterygium - excision 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: 50 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 41 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 65 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 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 Pterygium - excision of, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
University Hospital Geelong	50 days	not published	41 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	90 days	3.4%	348 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	197 days	15.7%	2442 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 197 days marks the national median.

The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear HospitalVIC · about 66 km away77 days
Broadmeadows Health ServiceVIC · about 71 km away106 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 74 km away130 days
Cranbourne Integrated Care CentreVIC · about 80 km away127 days
Yarra Ranges HealthVIC · about 97 km away225 days
Bass Coast HealthVIC · about 118 km away11 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 Pterygium - excision of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	University Hospital Geelong (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	62	74	128
2017–18	60	70	152
2018–19	35	49	125
2019–20	40	50	155
2020–21	68	147	230
2021–22	not published	140	238
2022–23	not published	197	241
2023–24	70	132	191
2024–25	50	90	197

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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