Surgery Waits

Bunion surgery waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

The median wait for bunion surgery — published by the source as "Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of" — at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 32 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
32 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
47 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 19 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 15 days in 2016–17 to 32 days in 2024–25 — up 113% — while the national median rose from 137 days to 183 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]32 daysnot published47 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)95 days14.3%189 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)183 days16.2%616 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 183 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 bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of by financial year at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 32VIC 95Australia 183
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Median wait in days for Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–171567137
2017–181369121
2018–192271142
2019–203694137
2020–2192203262
2021–2266162231
2022–2384181222
2023–2431159206
2024–253295183

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

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