Fundoplication waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
The median wait for fundoplication at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 62 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
- 62 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 24 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 9 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 84 days in 2016–17 to 62 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median rose from 81 days to 90 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 17 km away, at 52 days.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Fundoplication" 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] | 62 days | not published | 24 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 71 days | 5.5% | 201 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 90 days | 8.0% | 802 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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 | 84 | 82 | 81 |
| 2017–18 | 104 | 87 | 83 |
| 2018–19 | 61 | 86 | 82 |
| 2019–20 | 76 | 77 | 86 |
| 2020–21 | 105 | 153 | 104 |
| 2021–22 | 106 | 111 | 106 |
| 2022–23 | 169 | 210 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 69 | 139 | 104 |
| 2024–25 | 62 | 71 | 90 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] · Fundoplication across Australia · Fundoplication in Victoria