Nephrectomy waiting time at St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]
The median wait for nephrectomy at this public hospital in the Fitzroy area of Victoria was 49 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
- 49 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 62 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 57 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 42 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 38 days in 2016–17 to 49 days in 2024–25 — up 29% — while the national median rose from 26 days to 30 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 2 km away, at 28 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.6%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] | 49 days | 0.0% | 62 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 0.0% | 746 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 30 days | 0.6% | 2721 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 | 38 | 23 | 26 |
| 2017–18 | 21 | 23 | 27 |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 23 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | 15 | 22 | 28 |
| 2020–21 | 28 | 23 | 29 |
| 2021–22 | 68 | 22 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | 32 | 23 | 30 |
| 2023–24 | 44 | 23 | 32 |
| 2024–25 | 49 | 26 | 30 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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