Breast reconstruction waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 28 days or less for breast reconstruction in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). This public hospital is in the Carlton 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
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 34 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 fallen from 157 days in 2017–18 to 28 days in 2024–25 — down 82% — while the national median rose from 118 days to 146 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 8 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 28 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 84 days | 26.8% | 564 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 146 days | 25.7% | 1192 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 146 days marks the national median.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 0 km away: 125 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 8 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 86 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 212 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 24 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 268 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 16 km away: 553 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 48 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 110 | 96 |
| 2017–18 | 157 | 141 | 118 |
| 2018–19 | 236 | 117 | 111 |
| 2019–20 | 91 | 158 | 137 |
| 2020–21 | 20 | 83 | 113 |
| 2021–22 | 15 | 27 | 103 |
| 2022–23 | 25 | 110 | 154 |
| 2023–24 | 26 | 122 | 149 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 84 | 146 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Breast reconstruction across Australia · Breast reconstruction in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria