Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 176 days or less for mastoid surgery behind the ear in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy". 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
- 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.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Mastoidectomy" 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] | 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
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 99 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 1 km away: 368 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 193 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 3 km away: 127 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 10 km away: 146 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 17 km away: 114 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 43 km away: 233 days
Casey Hospital, VIC · about 45 km away: 126 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 65 km away: 52 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 | 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.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Mastoid surgery behind the ear across Australia · Mastoid surgery behind the ear in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria