Surgery Waits

Carotid endarterectomy waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

The median wait for carotid endarterectomy at this public hospital in the Box Hill area of Victoria was 13 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
13 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
11 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 4 days in 2021–22 to 13 days in 2024–25 — up 225% — while the national median rose from 16 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 13 km away, at 8 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carotid endarterectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Box Hill Hospital13 daysnot published11 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days1.6%128 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)20 days0.6%702 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 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 carotid endarterectomy by financial year at Box Hill Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays061319252016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Box Hill Hospital 13VIC 19Australia 20
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Carotid endarterectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBox Hill Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not reported for this period1511
2017–18not reported for this period1613
2018–19not reported for this period2219
2019–20not published1717
2020–21not published1820
2021–2241516
2022–23111618
2023–2492018
2024–25131920

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

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