Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 46 days or less for brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Craniotomy". 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
- 46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 65 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.5%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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 30 days in 2016–17 to 46 days in 2024–25 — up 53% — while the national median rose from 14 days to 20 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 1 km away, at 20 days. Here, 1.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Craniotomy" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 46 days | 1.5% | 65 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.8% | 723 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.9% | 1392 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 1 km away: 20 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 34 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 22 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 11 km away: 14 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 17 days
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 | 30 | 18 | 14 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 21 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | 57 | 26 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 29 | 17 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
| 2021–22 | 21 | 15 | 14 |
| 2022–23 | 42 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 32 | 24 | 22 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 20 | 20 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) across Australia · Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria