Patients treated by surgical specialty

Most planned surgeries in Victoria are categorised into one of 10 specialties. The data in this section covers these specialties and presents data for the 15 most commonly performed procedures.

Tap the buttons below for specific patient data about planned surgery across Victoria. You can filter by hospital and surgical specialty area (e.g. general surgery, vascular surgery or neurosurgery).

Scroll further down for more information about the data (measures).

About the data:

The above measures look at:

  • specialty area patients treated
  • specialty area planned surgery wait times.

About patients treated

The number of patients admitted for planned surgery at major metropolitan, larger regional and rural hospitals across Victoria.

About wait time

Waiting time is the period between the date the patient was listed for the planned surgery procedure and the date they were admitted to hospital for surgery (excluding any days the patient was not ready for surgery).

The median waiting time is the time within which half of all planned surgery patients are admitted for surgery.

Data is also included for the proportion of patients who have been waiting for a planned surgery procedure for longer than the recommended time (365 days).

Notes

  • Data source: Elective Surgery Information System (ESIS). Data extracted on 16 April 2026.
  • Planned surgery data includes:
    • Bass Coast Health which commenced planned surgery reporting from 2024–25.
    • Colac Area Health, Kilmore District Hospital (campus of Northern Health) and Horsham and Stawell (both campuses under Grampians Health) which commenced reporting in 2025–26.
    • Cranbourne Community Hospital (a campus of Monash Health) which commenced operations and reporting from 6 October 2025.
    • Care needs to be taken when assessing results and comparing them to prior periods.
  • Grampians Health planned admissions data prior to 1 January 2026 are not available at the campus level.
  • Wodonga Hospital's campus-level planned surgery results include data from Albury Hospital.
  • Results for the current financial year are preliminary and may change from quarter to quarter. Final results will be available in November. Results from the previous financial year have been finalised.
  • * No results are available.