Surgery Waits

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery waiting time at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]

The median wait for functional endoscopic sinus surgery at this public hospital in the Eaglemont area of Victoria was 49 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
49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
50 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
36.0%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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 2 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 77 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — down 36% — while the national median rose from 111 days to 214 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 36.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 22.7%.

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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
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]49 days36.0%50 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 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 49VIC 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 periodAustin Hospital [Heidelberg] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–177763111
2017–1816681119
2018–1910693139
2019–2084103127
2020–21191167217
2021–229084154
2022–23386238292
2023–24474265274
2024–2549140214

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

All surgery at Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] · Functional endoscopic sinus surgery across Australia · Functional endoscopic sinus surgery in Victoria