Torn knee cartilage removal waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 16 days or less for torn knee cartilage removal in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Meniscectomy". 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
- 16 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 11 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 14 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 1 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 115 days in 2019–20 to 16 days in 2024–25 — down 86% — while the national median fell from 62 days to 57 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 16 days | not published | 11 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 35 days | 2.5% | 284 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 57 days | 3.6% | 561 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 57 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 4 km away: 31 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 4 km away: 30 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 11 km away: 86 days
The Northern Hospital [Epping], VIC · about 22 km away: 26 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 64 km away: 42 days
The Bendigo Hospital, VIC · about 137 km away: 31 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 41 | 50 |
| 2017–18 | not published | 41 | 56 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 29 | 51 |
| 2019–20 | 115 | 31 | 62 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 67 | 109 |
| 2021–22 | not published | 47 | 89 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 52 | 97 |
| 2023–24 | not published | 41 | 69 |
| 2024–25 | 16 | 35 | 57 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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