Surgery Waits

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

The median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 82 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
82 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
28 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 64 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 39 days in 2016–17 to 82 days in 2024–25 — up 110% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 0 km away, at 75 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital82 daysnot published28 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)140 days24.1%967 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)214 days22.7%2508 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 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 functional endoscopic sinus surgery by financial year at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays0751502253002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 82VIC 140Australia 214
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–173963111
2017–184281119
2018–194793139
2019–2050103127
2020–2168167217
2021–225684154
2022–2376238292
2023–2446265274
2024–2582140214

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

All surgery at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital · Functional endoscopic sinus surgery across Australia · Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in Victoria