Surgery Waits

Mastoidectomy waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital

The median wait for mastoidectomy at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 127 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
127 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
38 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 16 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 94 days in 2016–17 to 127 days in 2024–25 — up 35% — while the national median rose from 83 days to 99 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], about 15 km away, at 114 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital127 daysnot published38 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)128 days17.3%226 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)99 days13.6%656 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 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 mastoidectomy by financial year at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01002003004002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 127VIC 128Australia 99
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodThe Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17947783
2017–1814510695
2018–19156125106
2019–20126119104
2020–21221160119
2021–2222314898
2022–23182183162
2023–24334136112
2024–2512712899

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

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