Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 26 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
26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
65 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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 51 days in 2011–12 to 26 days in 2024–25 — down 49% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 0 km away, at 22 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre26 days0.0%65 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.6%23119 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%57307 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cystoscopy by financial year at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0193856752011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre 26VIC 18Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cystoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12512125
2012–13492123
2013–14412123
2014–15482022
2015–16272023
2016–17361924
2017–18271824
2018–19301724
2019–20161523
2020–21181826
2021–22141724
2022–23201926
2023–24161625
2024–25261826

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

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