Bone realignment surgery waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 20 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 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
- 20 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 23 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 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 60 days in 2016–17 to 20 days in 2024–25 — down 67% — while the national median rose from 76 days to 135 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 | 20 days | not published | 23 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.
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 4 km away: 92 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 6 km away: 402 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 6 km away: 374 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 11 km away: 183 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 140 days
Box Hill Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 68 days
Sandringham Hospital, VIC · about 13 km away: 224 days
Sunshine Hospital, VIC · about 17 km away: 104 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 | 60 | 68 | 76 |
| 2017–18 | 53 | 81 | 86 |
| 2018–19 | 37 | 88 | 90 |
| 2019–20 | 189 | 117 | 103 |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 174 | 136 |
| 2021–22 | 78 | 203 | 122 |
| 2022–23 | 135 | 298 | 157 |
| 2023–24 | 134 | 277 | 152 |
| 2024–25 | 20 | 206 | 135 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Bone realignment surgery across Australia · Bone realignment surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria