Circumcision waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 132 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 132 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 118 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 7.6%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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 72 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 28 days in 2016–17 to 132 days in 2024–25 — up 371% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 1 km away, at 70 days. Here, 7.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 9.1%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 132 days | 7.6% | 118 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 3.2% | 816 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 80 days | 9.1% | 3291 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 28 | 47 | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 37 | 42 | 57 |
| 2018–19 | 35 | 39 | 60 |
| 2019–20 | 37 | 45 | 63 |
| 2020–21 | 95 | 84 | 85 |
| 2021–22 | 149 | 78 | 84 |
| 2022–23 | 270 | 112 | 95 |
| 2023–24 | 118 | 63 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 132 | 55 | 80 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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