Bunion surgery waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for bunion surgery, published by the source as “Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of”.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

22 public hospitals in Victoria reported bunion surgery in 2024–25. The state median was 95 days; the national median was 183 days.

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14 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked “not published”, and are never ranked.

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

St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]32 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre95 days
Box Hill Hospital102 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]171 days
University Hospital Geelong173 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]182 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]194 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]278 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]not published
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]not published
Broadmeadows Health Servicenot published
Frankston Hospitalnot published
Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]not published
Northeast Health Wangarattanot published
Sandringham Hospitalnot published
St Vincent's On the Parknot published
The Alfrednot published
The Bendigo Hospitalnot published
The Northern Hospital [Epping]not published
Werribee Mercy Hospitalnot published
Western Hospital [Footscray]not published
Williamstown Hospitalnot published

Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank	Hospital	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
1	St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]	32 days	not published	47 surgeries
2	Frankston Public Surgical Centre	95 days	not published	14 surgeries
3	Box Hill Hospital	102 days	not published	13 surgeries
4	Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]	171 days	not published	13 surgeries
5	University Hospital Geelong	173 days	not published	17 surgeries
6	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	182 days	not published	18 surgeries
7	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	194 days	not published	14 surgeries
8	Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]	278 days	not published	11 surgeries
unranked	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Broadmeadows Health Service	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Frankston Hospital	not published	not published	8 surgeries
unranked	Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon]	not published	not published	9 surgeries
unranked	Northeast Health Wangaratta	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Sandringham Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	St Vincent's On the Park	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Alfred	not published	not published	5 surgeries
unranked	The Bendigo Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	The Northern Hospital [Epping]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Werribee Mercy Hospital	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Western Hospital [Footscray]	not published	not published	not published
unranked	Williamstown Hospital	not published	not published	6 surgeries

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.