Turbinectomy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
The median wait for turbinectomy at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 159 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
- 159 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 7 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 128 days in 2018–19 to 159 days in 2024–25 — up 24% — while the national median rose from 140 days to 269 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 23 km away, at 70 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 159 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 157 days | 28.2% | 393 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 269 days | 23.6% | 932 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
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 64 | 100 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 87 | 172 |
| 2018–19 | 128 | 79 | 140 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 97 | 168 |
| 2020–21 | 375 | 159 | 274 |
| 2021–22 | 485 | 133 | 266 |
| 2022–23 | 511 | 245 | 313 |
| 2023–24 | 814 | 247 | 286 |
| 2024–25 | 159 | 157 | 269 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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