Pectus surgery waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for pectus surgery at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 364 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
- 364 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 43 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 4 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 408 days in 2022–23 to 364 days in 2024–25 — down 11%. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Women's and Children's Hospital, about 653 km away, at 218 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 364 days | not published | 43 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 25 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 52 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 332 days | 41.0% | 122 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not published | not published |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2021–22 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | 408 | not published | not published |
| 2023–24 | 668 | not published | 326 |
| 2024–25 | 364 | not published | 332 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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