Muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 105 days or less for muscle biopsy/temporal artery biopsy 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
- 105 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 61 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.6%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 10 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 19 days in 2016–17 to 105 days in 2024–25 — up 453% — while the national median rose from 5 days to 6 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 2 km away, at 21 days. Here, 1.6% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.2%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 105 days | 1.6% | 61 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 6 days | 0.2% | 837 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 6 days | 0.2% | 961 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 6 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 2 km away: 21 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 2 km away: 4 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 6 km away: 7 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 10 km away: 7 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 7 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 8 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 65 km away: 6 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 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | 66 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018–19 | 53 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019–20 | 43 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020–21 | 50 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022–23 | 48 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023–24 | 86 | 6 | 6 |
| 2024–25 | 105 | 6 | 6 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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