Surgery Waits

Coronary artery bypass grafting waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

The median wait for coronary artery bypass grafting at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 19 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
19 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
141 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 23 days in 2011–12 to 19 days in 2024–25 — down 17% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 2 km away, at 11 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Coronary artery bypass grafting, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]19 days0.0%141 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.1%695 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)19 days0.1%2719 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 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 coronary artery bypass grafting by financial year at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 19VIC 18Australia 19
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Coronary artery bypass grafting, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12231816
2012–13242016
2013–14272118
2014–15271814
2015–16281913
2016–17271613
2017–18301917
2018–19281917
2019–20272418
2020–21212118
2021–22232219
2022–23222019
2023–24151719
2024–25191819

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

All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] · Coronary artery bypass grafting across Australia · Coronary artery bypass grafting in Victoria