Heart bypass surgery waiting time at Victorian Heart Hospital
Half of patients at Victorian Heart Hospital waited 53 days or less for heart bypass surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Coronary artery bypass grafting". This public hospital is in the Notting Hill 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
- 53 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 122 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 23 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 21 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 24 days in 2023–24 to 53 days in 2024–25 — up 121% — while the national median stayed at 19 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 16 km away, at 21 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Coronary artery bypass grafting" 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Heart Hospital | 53 days | 0.0% | 122 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 18 days | 0.1% | 695 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 19 days | 0.1% | 2719 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 19 days marks the national median.
The Alfred, VIC · about 16 km away: 21 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 19 km away: 19 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 19 km away: 11 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 20 km away: 11 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 73 km away: 15 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Victorian Heart Hospital
- VIC
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Victorian Heart Hospital (days) | VIC (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | not reported for this period | 18 | 16 |
| 2012–13 | not reported for this period | 20 | 16 |
| 2013–14 | not reported for this period | 21 | 18 |
| 2014–15 | not reported for this period | 18 | 14 |
| 2015–16 | not reported for this period | 19 | 13 |
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 16 | 13 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 19 | 17 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 19 | 17 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 24 | 18 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 21 | 18 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 22 | 19 |
| 2022–23 | not published | 20 | 19 |
| 2023–24 | 24 | 17 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | 53 | 18 | 19 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Victorian Heart Hospital · Heart bypass surgery across Australia · Heart bypass surgery in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria