Discectomy waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
The median wait for discectomy at this public hospital in the Springvale area of Victoria was 21 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 59 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2016–17 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 46% — while the national median stayed at 41 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 4.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 21 days | 0.0% | 59 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 29 days | 1.9% | 264 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 41 days | 4.5% | 1400 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
- Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 39 | 45 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 53 | 58 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 47 | 43 |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 47 | 49 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 33 | 49 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 34 | 49 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 57 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 21 | 45 | 48 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 29 | 41 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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