Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
Half of patients at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] waited 17 days or less for bladder scope (cystoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cystoscopy". 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
- 17 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 875 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.9%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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2011–12 to 17 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 4 km away, at 14 days. Here, 1.9% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 17 days | 1.9% | 875 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.6% | 23119 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 1 km away: 22 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 2 km away: 26 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 2 km away: 22 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 2 km away: 54 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 2 km away: 39 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 4 km away: 14 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 8 km away: 19 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 8 km away: 15 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 28 | 21 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 43 | 21 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | 38 | 21 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | 20 | 20 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 13 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 17 | 18 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 29 | 18 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 19 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 17 | 16 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 17 | 18 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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