Voice box scope surgery waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 14 days or less for voice box scope surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Microlaryngoscopy". 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
- 29 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 44 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 8 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 23 days in 2016–17 to 14 days in 2024–25 — down 39% — while the national median rose from 24 days to 26 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, about 6 km away, at 6 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 14 days | not published | 29 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 4.6% | 439 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 3.3% | 1915 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 26 days marks the national median.
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, VIC · about 4 km away: 20 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 6 km away: 6 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 6 km away: 22 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 6 km away: 56 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 10 km away: 25 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 12 km away: 14 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 13 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 23 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 | 23 | 22 | 24 |
| 2017–18 | 19 | 22 | 23 |
| 2018–19 | 16 | 19 | 25 |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
| 2020–21 | 15 | 18 | 23 |
| 2021–22 | 20 | 15 | 21 |
| 2022–23 | 13 | 16 | 22 |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 19 | 26 |
| 2024–25 | 14 | 19 | 26 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Voice box scope surgery across Australia · Voice box scope surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria