Nephrectomy waiting time at Frankston Hospital

The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Frankston area of Victoria was 23 days in 2024–25.

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: 23 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 27 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 41 days in 2016–17 to 23 days in 2024–25 — down 44% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Casey Hospital, about 22 km away, at 19 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Nephrectomy, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Frankston Hospital	23 days	not published	27 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	26 days	0.0%	746 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	30 days	0.6%	2721 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.

Casey HospitalVIC · about 22 km away19 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]VIC · about 25 km away15 days
The AlfredVIC · about 36 km away21 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 37 km away26 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 41 km away49 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer CentreVIC · about 42 km away68 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 42 km away28 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 43 km away60 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Nephrectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Frankston Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	41	23	26
2017–18	33	23	27
2018–19	44	23	28
2019–20	95	22	28
2020–21	59	23	29
2021–22	39	22	28
2022–23	34	23	30
2023–24	21	23	32
2024–25	23	26	30

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

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