Tailbone cyst surgery waiting time at Sunshine Hospital
Half of patients at Sunshine Hospital waited 55 days or less for tailbone cyst surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Pilonidal 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
- 55 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 14 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 46 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 50 days in 2020–21 to 55 days in 2024–25 — up 10% — while the national median fell from 83 days to 65 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], about 13 km away, at 49 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Hospital | 55 days | not published | 14 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 43 days | 2.5% | 445 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 3.4% | 1265 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 65 days marks the national median.
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 13 km away: 49 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 70 days
Werribee Mercy Hospital, VIC · about 18 km away: 161 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 20 km away: 38 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 21 km away: 44 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 29 km away: 13 days
Blackburn Public Surgical Centre, VIC · about 31 km away: 48 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton], VIC · about 35 km away: 53 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 | 43 | 55 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 52 | 61 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 53 | 63 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 60 | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 50 | 97 | 83 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 108 | 93 |
| 2022–23 | 43 | 132 | 94 |
| 2023–24 | 47 | 45 | 70 |
| 2024–25 | 55 | 43 | 65 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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