Surgery Waits

Tendon release waiting time at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]

The median wait for tendon release at this public hospital in the Carlton area of Victoria was 6 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
6 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
51 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
9.8%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 26 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 54 days in 2017–18 to 6 days in 2024–25 — down 89% — while the national median rose from 29 days to 34 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Dandenong Hospital, about 30 km away, at 4 days. Here, 9.8% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 7.5%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Tendon release, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]6 days9.8%51 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days9.4%191 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)34 days7.5%1016 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 34 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 tendon release by financial year at Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], compared with Victoria and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 6VIC 19Australia 34
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Tendon release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodRoyal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17not published2122
2017–18542129
2018–19not published1429
2019–204828
2020–213630
2021–223523
2022–2351028
2023–24146445
2024–2561934

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

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