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title: "Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] surgery waiting times"
description: "Planned surgery waiting times and waiting list at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], a public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria, for 2024–25."
url: "https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/"
---

# Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\] surgery waiting times

In 2024–25, this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria published median waits from **17 days** for posterior fossa decompression to **779 days** for droopy eyelid repair.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\] is a public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria. It is part of [Royal Children's Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/health-service/royal-childrens-hospital/). It reported 96 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 23 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.

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## Waiting times by surgery

Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.

Planned surgery at Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\], 2024–25. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Posterior fossa decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/posterior-fossa-decompression/) | 17 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Examination of eye under anaesthesia](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/examination-of-eye-under-anaesthesia/) | 21 days | 266 surgeries | 3.4% |
| [Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/inguinal-hernia-repair/) | 24 days | 306 surgeries | 5.6% |
| [Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cataract-surgery/) | 27 days | 32 surgeries | not published |
| [Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pyeloplasty-correction-of-ureteropelvic-junction/) | 29 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| [Vitrectomy (including buckling/cryotherapy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/vitrectomy-including-buckling-cryotherapy/) | 29 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Cystoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cystoscopy/) | 39 days | 241 surgeries | 0.8% |
| [Chalazion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/chalazion-excision-of/) | 41 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Cranioplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cranioplasty/) | 43 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Craniotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/craniotomy/) | 46 days | 65 surgeries | 1.5% |
| [Microlaryngoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/microlaryngoscopy/) | 56 days | 75 surgeries | 9.3% |
| [Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/thyroidectomy-hemi-thyroidectomy/) | 57 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Dermoid cyst - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/dermoid-cyst-removal-of/) | 59 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| [Nephrectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/nephrectomy/) | 60 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| [Trigger finger/thumb release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/trigger-finger-release/) | 64 days | 35 surgeries | not published |
| [Skin lesion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/skin-lesion-removal/) | 67 days | 455 surgeries | 10.1% |
| [Procedure for strabismus (squint repair)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/squint-surgery/) | 77 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| [Untethering of spinal cord](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/untethering-of-spinal-cord/) | 80 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Cleft lip and palate - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cleft-lip-and-palate-repair-of/) | 81 days | 83 surgeries | 1.2% |
| [Exostosis - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/exostosis-excision-of/) | 91 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Hypospadias - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/hypospadias-repair-of/) | 97 days | 137 surgeries | 0.0% |
| [Arthroscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/arthroscopy/) | 98 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Fundoplication](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/fundoplication/) | 104 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Laparoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/laparoscopy/) | 123 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| [Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/gallbladder-removal/) | 129 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Toenail surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/toenail-surgery/) | 130 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| [Circumcision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/circumcision/) | 132 days | 118 surgeries | 7.6% |
| [Pressure equalising tubes (grommets) - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/grommets/) | 136 days | 115 surgeries | 7.8% |
| [Thyroglossal remnant - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/thyroglossal-remnant-removal-of/) | 137 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| [Myringotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/myringotomy/) | 138 days | 140 surgeries | 8.6% |
| [Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/myringotomy-without-insertion-of-grommets/) | 144 days | 25 surgeries | not published |
| [Hydrocele - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/hydrocele-repair-of/) | 161 days | 28 surgeries | not published |
| [Septoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/septoplasty/) | 165 days | 40 surgeries | not published |
| [Orchidopexy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/orchidopexy/) | 170 days | 269 surgeries | 10.8% |
| [Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/eardrum-repair/) | 175 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Mastoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/mastoidectomy/) | 176 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| [Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/congenital-cardiac-defect-s-procedure-for/) | 178 days | 247 surgeries | 24.3% |
| [Nasendoscopy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/nasendoscopy/) | 195 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| [Probing of naso-lacrimal duct](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/probing-of-naso-lacrimal-duct/) | 205 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| [Adenoidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/adenoidectomy/) | 208 days | 107 surgeries | 24.3% |
| [Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy)](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/tonsillectomy/) | 211 days | 386 surgeries | 24.4% |
| [Scar revision](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/scar-revision/) | 216 days | 72 surgeries | 9.7% |
| [Heart valve replacement](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/heart-valve-replacement/) | 227 days | 23 surgeries | not published |
| [Pectus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pectus-surgery/) | 364 days | 43 surgeries | not published |
| [Osteotomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/osteotomy/) | 374 days | 128 surgeries | 51.6% |
| [Breast reduction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/breast-reduction/) | 395 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| [Muscle or tendon length - change of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/muscle-or-tendon-length-change-of/) | 425 days | 21 surgeries | not published |
| [Ptosis - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/ptosis-repair-of/) | 779 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| [Amputation of limb](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/amputation-of-limb/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Anal fissure - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/anal-fissure-repair-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/acl-reconstruction/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Arthrodesis](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/arthrodesis/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Arthroplasty - revision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/arthroplasty-revision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/breast-lump-removal/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Breast reconstruction](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/breast-reconstruction/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cerebral haematoma - evacuation of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cerebral-haematoma-evacuation-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Chiari malformation decompression](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/chiari-malformation-decompression/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/colectomy-anterior-resection-large-bowel-resection/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Corneal graft](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/corneal-graft/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Coronary artery bypass grafting](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/coronary-artery-bypass-grafting/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dacryocystorhinostomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/dacryocystorhinostomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Dialysis access surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/dialysis-access-surgery/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Discectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/discectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Fracture non-union - treatment of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/fracture-non-union-treatment-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Functional endoscopic sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Ganglion - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/ganglion-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Herniorrhaphy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/hernia-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/dilatation-and-curettage/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/insertion-of-ventricular-peritoneal-shunt/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Laminectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/laminectomy/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Lithotripsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/lithotripsy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Lymphangioma - surgery for](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/lymphangioma-surgery-for/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Mastectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/mastectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Meatoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/meatoplasty/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/muscle-biopsy-temporal-artery-biopsy/) | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| [Nasal cautery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/nasal-cautery/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Nerve decompression of spinal cord](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/nerve-decompression-of-spinal-cord/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Orchidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/orchidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Parathyroidectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/parathyroidectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/parotidectomy-submandibular-gland-excision-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pedicle screw fusion](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pedicle-screw-fusion/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Pilonidal sinus surgery](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/pilonidal-sinus-surgery/) | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| [Replacement of aortic aneurysm with bifurcation graft](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/replacement-of-aortic-aneurysm-with-bifurcation-graft/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Rhinoplasty](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/rhinoplasty/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Rotator cuff - repair of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/rotator-cuff-repair/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/salpingo-oophorectomy-oophorectomy-ovarian-cystectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Stone/s urinary tract - removal of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/stone-s-urinary-tract-removal-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Sub-mucosal resection](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/sub-mucosal-resection/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Tendon release](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/tendon-release/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| [Trabeculectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/trabeculectomy/) | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| [Turbinectomy](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/turbinectomy/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Ureteric - reimplantation](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/ureteric-reimplantation/) | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| [Ureteric stent - insertion of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/ureteric-stent-insertion-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Urethra - dilatation of](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/urethra-dilatation-of/) | not published | not published | not published |
| [Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/prolapse-repair/) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |

**Not reported for this period**

| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Blepharoplasty last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |
| Branchial apparatus remnant - removal of last reported 2017–18 | not reported |  |  |
| Breast prosthesis - removal of last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Cervical discectomy and fusion last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Cone biopsy last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Congenital pulmonary lesion - removal of last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Dupytren's contracture release last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Haemorrhoidectomy last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) last reported 2015–16 | not reported |  |  |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Meniscectomy last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Pharyngoplasty last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Pyogenic granuloma - removal of last reported 2021–22 | not reported |  |  |
| Shoulder joint replacement last reported 2020–21 | not reported |  |  |
| Shoulder reconstruction last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Tenotomy of hip last reported 2023–24 | not reported |  |  |
| Total hip replacement last reported 2022–23 | not reported |  |  |
| Total knee replacement last reported 2018–19 | not reported |  |  |
| Varicose veins treatment last reported 2016–17 | not reported |  |  |

## Urgency categories

Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose. [What the categories mean, and how every hospital compares.](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/)

All planned surgery at Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\] by urgency category, 2024–25.

| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-1/vic/) | 9 days | 100% | 1905 surgeries |
| [Semi-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-2/vic/) | 102 days | 46% | 3752 surgeries |
| [Non-urgent](https://surgerywaits.au/urgency/category-3/vic/) | 241 days | 69% | 2120 surgeries |

**Cite this page**

> In 2024–25, Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\] published median planned-surgery waits from 17 days for posterior fossa decompression to 779 days for droopy eyelid repair (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

### Copy-ready citation

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Surgery Waits, "Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waiting list", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/, accessed 28 May 2026.
```

Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/)), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

## What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

[How these figures are put together](https://surgerywaits.au/methodology/) · [All surgery waits in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/) · [All hospitals](https://surgerywaits.au/hospitals/)

## Before you use these figures

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