Keyhole sinus surgery waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 185 days or less for keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery". This public hospital is in the Sunshine North 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
- 185 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 28 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 64 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 125 days in 2020–21 to 185 days in 2024–25 — up 48% — while the national median fell from 217 days to 214 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 13 km away, at 151 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 185 days | not published | 28 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 140 days | 24.1% | 967 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 214 days | 22.7% | 2508 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 214 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 151 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 210 days
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 15 km away: 82 days
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 15 km away: 75 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 60 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 387 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 21 km away: 87 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 21 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
- Sunshine Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Sunshine Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 63 | 111 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 81 | 119 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 93 | 139 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 103 | 127 |
| 2020–21 | 125 | 167 | 217 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 84 | 154 |
| 2022–23 | 281 | 238 | 292 |
| 2023–24 | 302 | 265 | 274 |
| 2024–25 | 185 | 140 | 214 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sunshine Hospital · Keyhole sinus surgery across Australia · Keyhole sinus surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria