Surgery Waits

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]

The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 26 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
26 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
63 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%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 28 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here is unchanged from 2016–17 (26 days) — while the national median rose from 13 days to 17 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 2 km away, at 12 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.0%.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]26 days0.0%63 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)15 days0.0%416 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)17 days0.0%1875 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 17 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 lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy by financial year at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 26VIC 15Australia 17
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodSt Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17261413
2017–18271413
2018–19261315
2019–20201314
2020–21181213
2021–22221314
2022–23221315
2023–24241416
2024–25261517

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

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