Mastoidectomy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for mastoidectomy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 176 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
- 176 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
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 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 262 days in 2022–23 to 176 days in 2024–25 — down 33% — while the national median fell from 162 days to 99 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, about 3 km away, at 127 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 176 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 128 days | 17.3% | 226 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 99 days | 13.6% | 656 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 | not published | 77 | 83 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 106 | 95 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 125 | 106 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 119 | 104 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 160 | 119 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 148 | 98 |
| 2022–23 | 262 | 183 | 162 |
| 2023–24 | 280 | 136 | 112 |
| 2024–25 | 176 | 128 | 99 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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