Dialysis access surgery waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 22 days or less for dialysis access surgery 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
- 22 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 188 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.5%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 75 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 55 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 20 days in 2016–17 to 22 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median rose from 12 days to 15 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.5% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.3%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 22 days | 0.5% | 188 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.4% | 944 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 15 days | 0.3% | 5765 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 15 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 21 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 16 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 6 km away: 20 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 15 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 21 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 14 km away: 57 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 25 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 21 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 | 20 | 22 | 12 |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 20 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 21 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020–21 | 27 | 18 | 13 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022–23 | 23 | 17 | 15 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024–25 | 22 | 20 | 15 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] · Dialysis access surgery across Australia · Dialysis access surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria