Rhinoplasty waiting time at The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
The median wait for rhinoplasty at this public hospital in the East Melbourne area of Victoria was 723 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
- 723 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 10 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 15 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 12 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 62 days in 2016–17 to 723 days in 2024–25 — up 1066% — while the national median rose from 231 days to 376 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 2 km away, at 199 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital | 723 days | not published | 10 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 606 days | 69.0% | 126 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 376 days | 54.0% | 424 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
- The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 62 | 178 | 231 |
| 2017–18 | 54 | 238 | 278 |
| 2018–19 | 71 | 282 | 286 |
| 2019–20 | 127 | 317 | 308 |
| 2020–21 | 152 | 423 | 353 |
| 2021–22 | 176 | not published | 309 |
| 2022–23 | 210 | 587 | 409 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 671 | 360 |
| 2024–25 | 723 | 606 | 376 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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