Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
Half of patients at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] waited 387 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 Bellfield 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
- 387 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 73 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 52.1%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 59 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 575 days in 2023–24 to 387 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median fell from 274 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 1 km away, at 49 days. Here, 52.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 22.7%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] | 387 days | 52.1% | 73 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.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 1 km away: 49 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 8 km away: 210 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 82 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 9 km away: 75 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 241 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 9 km away: 151 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 12 km away: 60 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 12 km away: 87 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] (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 reported for this period | 103 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 167 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 84 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 238 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 575 | 265 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 387 | 140 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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