Osteotomy waiting time at Dandenong Hospital

The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the Dandenong area of Victoria was 356 days in 2024–25.

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

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait: 356 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 56 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 48.2%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2016–17 to 356 days in 2024–25 — up 728% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 8 km away, at 191 days. Here, 48.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.2%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Osteotomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Dandenong Hospital	356 days	48.2%	56 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	206 days	34.3%	510 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	135 days	19.2%	1866 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.

Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 8 km away191 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 15 km away183 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 18 km away224 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 20 km away68 days
The AlfredVIC · about 25 km away20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 29 km away92 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 29 km away140 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 30 km away402 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 Osteotomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Dandenong Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	43	68	76
2017–18	90	81	86
2018–19	127	88	90
2019–20	130	117	103
2020–21	274	174	136
2021–22	151	203	122
2022–23	442	298	157
2023–24	444	277	152
2024–25	356	206	135

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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