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Ballarat Health Services [Base Campus]

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Address:
 1 Dummond Street North
Ballarat Central, VIC 3350
Phone: 03 5320 4000
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Elective surgery

Gynaecological surgery for July 2011–June 2012

Gynaecological surgery focuses on the female reproductive organs. This page presents statistics relating to the hospital's performance of elective gynaecological surgery overall, as well as for hysterectomy — the removal of the uterus (womb).

Waiting times provide an indication of access to elective surgery. The information presented here refers to the time spent on a waiting list by people who received elective surgery in this hospital between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012.

Median waiting times for elective surgery

The median waiting time is the number of days within which half of all patients at this hospital received their surgery.

All gynaecological surgery

29 days compared to the national average of 31 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 29 days 31 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2010-11 35 days 30 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average
2009-10 33 days 30 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are longer than the national average

Hysterectomy

54 days compared to the national average of 53 days
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
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Median waiting times (days) for this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 54 days 53 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are on par with the national average
2010-11 37 days 49 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 44 days 50 days gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

People waiting more than 365 days for elective surgery

This shows the percentage of people who received elective surgery at this hospital during the 2011-12 year who had been waiting for more than one year (365 days) for their surgery.

All gynaecological surgery

0.4% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 0.9%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 0.4% 0.9% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2010-11 0.0% 0.8% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 0.4% 1.0% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Hysterectomy

0.0% waited more than 365 days compared to the national average of 1.8%
gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
See previous years' data
Percentage of people waiting more than 365 days at this hospital compared to the national average
Year This hospital National average
2011-12 0.0% 1.8% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2010-11 0.0% 1.7% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average
2009-10 0.8% 1.9% gauge indicating that the waiting times for this hospital are shorter than the national average

Number of elective surgeries

The following graph shows the number of admissions for elective surgery for patients on a waiting list managed by the hospital. It does not include people on the waiting list who were admitted for surgery on an emergency basis, or people who received elective surgery without being placed on the hospital's waiting list.

Surgical specialty Number of surgeries
All gynaecological surgery 564
Hysterectomy 131
This surgical specialty includes a range of procedures not listed here. Therefore the total number of elective surgeries may be larger than the number of specific procedures listed. In addition, procedures included on this page may be performed by surgeons in a different specialty in some hospitals.
Number of elective surgeries for this hospital
Surgical specialty Year Number of surgeries
All gynaecological surgery 2011-12 564
All gynaecological surgery 2010-11 515
All gynaecological surgery 2009-10 450
Hysterectomy 2011-12 131
Hysterectomy 2010-11 191
Hysterectomy 2009-10 128
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