Bladder scope (cystoscopy) waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 14 days or less for bladder scope (cystoscopy) in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cystoscopy". This public hospital is in the South Yarra 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
- 14 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 1241 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 131 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 10 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 28 days in 2011–12 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 50% — while the national median rose from 25 days to 26 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 1.3%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cystoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 14 days | 0.0% | 1241 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.6% | 23119 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.3% | 57307 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 4 km away: 22 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 4 km away: 17 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 6 km away: 26 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 6 km away: 22 days
Royal Women's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 6 km away: 54 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 6 km away: 39 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 21 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 10 km away: 19 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- The Alfred
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | The Alfred (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 28 | 21 | 25 |
| 2012–13 | 28 | 21 | 23 |
| 2013–14 | 24 | 21 | 23 |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 20 | 22 |
| 2015–16 | 23 | 20 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | 23 | 19 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 22 | 18 | 24 |
| 2018–19 | 20 | 17 | 24 |
| 2019–20 | 17 | 15 | 23 |
| 2020–21 | 21 | 18 | 26 |
| 2021–22 | 18 | 17 | 24 |
| 2022–23 | 17 | 19 | 26 |
| 2023–24 | 15 | 16 | 25 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 18 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Bladder scope (cystoscopy) across Australia · Bladder scope (cystoscopy) in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria