Circumcision waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

The median wait for circumcision at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 70 days in 2024–25.

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: 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 33 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 102 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 35 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 70 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 80 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's On the Park, about 2 km away, at 26 days.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Circumcision, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	70 days	not published	33 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	55 days	3.2%	816 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	80 days	9.1%	3291 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 80 days marks the national median.

Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]VIC · about 1 km away132 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 2 km away26 days
The AlfredVIC · about 6 km away28 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]VIC · about 6 km away119 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 9 km away55 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 9 km away83 days
Box Hill HospitalVIC · about 14 km away55 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 16 km away147 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Circumcision, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	61	47	60
2017–18	53	42	57
2018–19	56	39	60
2019–20	105	45	63
2020–21	144	84	85
2021–22	133	78	84
2022–23	84	112	95
2023–24	134	63	78
2024–25	70	55	80

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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