Surgery Waits

Cystoscopy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

The median wait for cystoscopy at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 22 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
22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
1621 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
1.1%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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 34 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 13 days in 2011–12 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 69% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 17 days. Here, 1.1% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.

Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Cystoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]22 days1.1%1621 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)18 days0.6%23119 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days1.3%57307 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for cystoscopy by financial year at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 22VIC 18Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Cystoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2011–12132125
2012–13122123
2013–14142123
2014–15112022
2015–1632023
2016–1791924
2017–18111824
2018–19161724
2019–20131523
2020–21131826
2021–22151724
2022–23181926
2023–24181625
2024–25221826

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

All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Cystoscopy across Australia · Cystoscopy in Victoria