Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
Half of patients at Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] waited 257 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Shepparton 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
- 257 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 13 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 40 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 133 days in 2022–23 to 257 days in 2024–25 — up 93% — while the national median fell from 292 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 148 km away, at 87 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] | 257 days | not published | 13 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 24.1% | 967 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 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.
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 148 km away: 87 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 158 km away: 49 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 158 km away: 387 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 163 km away: 241 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 164 km away: 185 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 165 km away: 151 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 165 km away: 210 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 165 km away: 82 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 63 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 81 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 93 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 103 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 167 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 84 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 133 | 238 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 175 | 265 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 257 | 140 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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