Congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 178 days or less for congenital cardiac defect/s - procedure for in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the North Melbourne 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
- 178 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 247 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 24.3%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 3 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 3 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 142 days in 2016–17 to 178 days in 2024–25 — up 25% — while the national median rose from 43 days to 74 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Westmead Hospital, about 702 km away, at 143 days. Here, 24.3% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 16.5%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 178 days | 24.3% | 247 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 37 days | 0.0% | 102 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 151 days | 22.8% | 263 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 74 days | 16.5% | 370 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 74 days marks the national median.
Westmead Hospital, NSW · about 702 km away: 143 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 703 km away: 34 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
- 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 | 142 | not published | 43 |
| 2017–18 | 39 | not published | 33 |
| 2018–19 | not published | not published | 35 |
| 2019–20 | not published | not published | 37 |
| 2020–21 | not published | not published | not published |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not published | not published |
| 2022–23 | 101 | 87 | 64 |
| 2023–24 | 100 | 97 | 81 |
| 2024–25 | 178 | 151 | 74 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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