Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
Half of patients at Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] waited 40 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". This public hospital is in the Ringwood East 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
- 40 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 42 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 26 days in 2016–17 to 40 days in 2024–25 — up 54% — while the national median rose from 69 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 24 km away, at 29 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] | 40 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 5.6% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 94 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 19 km away: 81 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 19 km away: 82 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 21 km away: 166 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 24 km away: 29 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 25 km away: 77 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 27 km away: 19 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 40 km away: 49 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 26 | 44 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 47 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 56 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 68 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 130 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 136 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 140 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 40 | 56 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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