Osteotomy waiting time at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]
The median wait for osteotomy at this public hospital in the North Melbourne area of Victoria was 374 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
- 374 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 128 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 51.6%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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 48 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 102 days in 2016–17 to 374 days in 2024–25 — up 267% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 92 days. Here, 51.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 19.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] | 374 days | 51.6% | 128 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 206 days | 34.3% | 510 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 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 | 102 | 68 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 143 | 81 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 145 | 88 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | 161 | 117 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | 175 | 174 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | 239 | 203 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 318 | 298 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 391 | 277 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 374 | 206 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] · Osteotomy across Australia · Osteotomy in Victoria