Carotid artery plaque removal waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 8 days or less for carotid artery plaque removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Carotid endarterectomy". This public hospital is in the Fitzroy 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
- 8 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 18 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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 13 days in 2016–17 to 8 days in 2024–25 — down 38% — while the national median rose from 11 days to 20 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 8 days | not published | 18 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 1.6% | 128 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 20 days | 0.6% | 702 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 22 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 17 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 13 days
Frankston Hospital, VIC · about 41 km away: 27 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 66 km away: 26 days
Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital], VIC · about 103 km away: 20 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 15 | 11 |
| 2017–18 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| 2018–19 | 38 | 22 | 19 |
| 2019–20 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| 2020–21 | 24 | 18 | 20 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 15 | 16 |
| 2022–23 | 10 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 20 | 18 |
| 2024–25 | 8 | 19 | 20 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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