Nose and throat scope waiting time at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]
Half of patients at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] waited 96 days or less for nose and throat scope in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nasendoscopy". 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
- 96 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 15 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 14 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 62 days in 2021–22 to 96 days in 2024–25 — up 55% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 277 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], about 21 km away, at 11 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Nasendoscopy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] | 96 days | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 343 days | 25.5% | 314 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 61 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 277 days | 18.7% | 492 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 277 days marks the national median.
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 km away: 11 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 23 km away: 195 days
Wagga Wagga Hospital, NSW · about 369 km away: 359 days
Wollongong Hospital, NSW · about 645 km away: 162 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 697 km away: 357 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 706 km away: 13 days
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW · about 709 km away: 338 days
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, NSW · about 713 km away: 261 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you. See also where crossing a border cuts the wait most.
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 reported for this period | not published | 0 |
| 2017–18 | not published | not published | 70 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 95 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 80 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | 50 |
| 2021–22 | 62 | not published | 63 |
| 2022–23 | not published | not published | 116 |
| 2023–24 | 33 | not published | 182 |
| 2024–25 | 96 | not published | 277 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] · Nose and throat scope across Australia · Nose and throat scope in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria