Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]
Half of patients at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] waited 49 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal sinus surgery". 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
- 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 20 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 14 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 243 days in 2018–19 to 49 days in 2024–25 — down 80% — while the national median rose from 63 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], about 9 km away, at 38 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] | 49 days | not published | 20 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 2.5% | 445 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 9 km away: 70 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 38 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 55 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 17 km away: 44 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 18 km away: 48 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 19 km away: 13 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 23 km away: 53 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 25 km away: 161 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 published | 43 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 52 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | 243 | 53 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 60 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 97 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | 128 | 108 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 132 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | 103 | 45 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 49 | 43 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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