Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
Half of patients at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] waited 55 days or less for spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Laminectomy". This public hospital is in the Springvale 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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 4.9%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 24 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 42 days in 2017–18 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 31% — while the national median fell from 68 days to 66 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 18 km away, at 36 days. Here, 4.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.4%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 55 days | 4.9% | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 53 days | 3.7% | 459 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 66 days | 7.4% | 1772 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 66 days marks the national median.
The Alfred, VIC · about 18 km away: 36 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 km away: 40 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 21 km away: 61 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 23 km away: 70 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 28 km away: 70 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not published | 40 | 57 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 78 | 68 |
| 2018–19 | 26 | 73 | 73 |
| 2019–20 | 88 | 72 | 69 |
| 2020–21 | 22 | 59 | 70 |
| 2021–22 | 19 | 28 | 70 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 100 | 92 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | 86 | 68 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 53 | 66 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] · Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) across Australia · Spinal bone removal (laminectomy) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria