Bone realignment surgery waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 104 days or less for bone realignment surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Osteotomy". 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
- 104 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 17 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 49 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 17 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 43 days in 2017–18 to 104 days in 2024–25 — up 142% — while the national median rose from 86 days to 135 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 15 km away, at 92 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 104 days | not published | 17 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 206 days | 34.3% | 510 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 135 days | 19.2% | 1866 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 135 days marks the national median.
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 12 km away: 374 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 402 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 15 km away: 92 days
The Alfred, VIC · about 17 km away: 20 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 140 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 27 km away: 68 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 28 km away: 183 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 29 km away: 224 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 published | 68 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 81 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 49 | 88 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 117 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 174 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 203 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 298 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 272 | 277 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 104 | 206 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Sunshine Hospital · Bone realignment surgery across Australia · Bone realignment surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria