Hypospadias - repair of waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 97 days or less for hypospadias - repair of 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
- 97 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 137 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%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 13 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 53 days in 2016–17 to 97 days in 2024–25 — up 83% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 114 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], about 23 km away, at 48 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 8.8%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 97 days | 0.0% | 137 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 284 days | 23.5% | 149 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 30 surgeries |
| Tasmania (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 86 days | 0.5% | 210 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 114 days | 8.8% | 625 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 114 days marks the national median.
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 48 days
Royal Hobart Hospital, TAS · about 600 km away: 95 days
Women's and Children's Hospital, SA · about 653 km away: 165 days
Campbelltown Hospital, NSW · about 670 km away: 370 days
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW · about 703 km away: 329 days
Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW · about 712 km away: 279 days
John Hunter Hospital, NSW · about 816 km away: 195 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 | 53 | 62 | 101 |
| 2017–18 | 42 | 54 | 94 |
| 2018–19 | 50 | 52 | 98 |
| 2019–20 | 69 | 72 | 102 |
| 2020–21 | 180 | 185 | 177 |
| 2021–22 | 166 | 179 | 173 |
| 2022–23 | 228 | 192 | 200 |
| 2023–24 | 91 | 85 | 132 |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 86 | 114 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Hypospadias - repair of across Australia · Hypospadias - repair of in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria