Prostate surgery waiting time at The Alfred
Half of patients at The Alfred waited 21 days or less for prostate surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Prostatectomy (transurethral or open)". 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
- 21 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 103 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 103 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 5 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has fallen from 42 days in 2011–12 to 21 days in 2024–25 — down 50% — while the national median rose from 42 days to 55 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 4.0%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Alfred | 21 days | 0.0% | 103 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 42 days | 4.5% | 2702 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 55 days | 4.0% | 8810 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 55 days marks the national median.
St Vincent's On the Park, VIC · about 4 km away: 27 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 4 km away: 88 days
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC · about 6 km away: 82 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 6 km away: 54 days
Williamstown Hospital, VIC · about 8 km away: 44 days
Western Hospital [Footscray], VIC · about 10 km away: 41 days
Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin], VIC · about 11 km away: 23 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West], VIC · about 12 km away: 64 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 | 42 | 33 | 42 |
| 2012–13 | 27 | 27 | 39 |
| 2013–14 | 49 | 34 | 43 |
| 2014–15 | 47 | 29 | 40 |
| 2015–16 | 52 | 32 | 42 |
| 2016–17 | 60 | 30 | 41 |
| 2017–18 | 52 | 33 | 46 |
| 2018–19 | 28 | 34 | 44 |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 30 | 44 |
| 2020–21 | 34 | 36 | 54 |
| 2021–22 | 24 | 28 | 48 |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 50 | 60 |
| 2023–24 | 23 | 48 | 58 |
| 2024–25 | 21 | 42 | 55 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at The Alfred · Prostate surgery across Australia · Prostate surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria