Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
Half of patients at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] waited 15 days or less for dialysis access surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Eaglemont area of Victoria.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 15 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 31 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 2016–17 to 15 days in 2024–25 — down 35% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] | 15 days | 1.6% | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.4% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 9 km away: 21 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 10 km away: 22 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 16 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 25 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 16 km away: 20 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 21 km away: 21 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 21 km away: 21 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 23 | 22 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 20 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 21 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 14 | 17 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 14 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 15 | 20 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] · Dialysis access surgery across Australia · Dialysis access surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria