Kidney removal waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
Half of patients at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] waited 60 days or less for kidney removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Nephrectomy". 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
- 60 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 46 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 18 days in 2016–17 to 60 days in 2024–25 — up 233% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 1 km away, at 28 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 60 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.0% | 746 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.6% | 2721 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 30 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 1 km away: 28 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 1 km away: 68 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 49 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 6 km away: 22 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 21 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 11 km away: 19 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 26 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 30 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 | 18 | 23 | 26 |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 23 | 27 |
| 2018–19 | 18 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 7 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 23 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 22 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 23 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 23 | 32 |
| 2024–25 | 60 | 26 | 30 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Kidney removal across Australia · Kidney removal in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria