Hysterectomy waiting time at Williamstown Hospital
Median wait, long waits and volumes for hysterectomy — published by the source as “Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic)” — at this public hospital in the Williamstown 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
- 64 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 12 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 126 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 39 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2022–23 to 64 days in 2024–25 — up 28% — while the national median fell from 84 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 9 km away, at 8 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown Hospital | 64 days | not published | 12 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
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Williamstown Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Williamstown Hospital (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 | not reported for this period | 44 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 45 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 49 | 61 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 48 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 70 | 80 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 50 | 74 |
| 2022–23 | 50 | 78 | 84 |
| 2023–24 | 49 | 66 | 77 |
| 2024–25 | 64 | 50 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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