Ganglion cyst removal waiting time at St Vincent's On the Park
Half of patients at St Vincent's On the Park waited 29 days or less for ganglion cyst removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Ganglion - excision of". This public hospital is in the East Melbourne 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
- 29 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 19 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 42 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 39 days in 2023–24 to 29 days in 2024–25 — down 26% — while the national median fell from 107 days to 105 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Northern Hospital [Epping], about 18 km away, at 19 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's On the Park | 29 days | not published | 19 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 56 days | 5.6% | 322 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 105 days | 10.3% | 1191 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 105 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 1 km away: 77 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 9 km away: 81 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 12 km away: 94 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 14 km away: 166 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 18 km away: 19 days
Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood], VIC · about 24 km away: 40 days
Dandenong Hospital, VIC · about 28 km away: 82 days
Frankston Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 41 km away: 49 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 On the Park
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | St Vincent's On the Park (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 44 | 69 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 47 | 75 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 56 | 80 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 68 | 91 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 130 | 145 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 136 | 136 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 140 | 136 |
| 2023–24 | 39 | 98 | 107 |
| 2024–25 | 29 | 56 | 105 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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