Heart valve replacement waiting time at Victorian Heart Hospital
Half of patients at Victorian Heart Hospital waited 46 days or less for heart valve replacement in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). 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
- 46 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 106 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 25 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 20 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 25 days in 2023–24 to 46 days in 2024–25 — up 84% — while the national median rose from 30 days to 33 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 16 km away, at 36 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 0.9%.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Heart Hospital | 46 days | 0.0% | 106 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 1.2% | 676 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 33 days | 0.9% | 2205 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 33 days marks the national median.
The Alfred, VIC · about 16 km away: 36 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], VIC · about 19 km away: 22 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg], VIC · about 19 km away: 21 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus], VIC · about 20 km away: 20 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville], VIC · about 21 km away: 227 days
University Hospital Geelong, VIC · about 73 km away: 24 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | not reported for this period | 26 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | not reported for this period | 36 | 29 |
| 2018–19 | not reported for this period | 27 | 28 |
| 2019–20 | not reported for this period | 25 | 26 |
| 2020–21 | not reported for this period | 25 | 27 |
| 2021–22 | not reported for this period | 25 | 28 |
| 2022–23 | not reported for this period | 27 | 29 |
| 2023–24 | 25 | 29 | 30 |
| 2024–25 | 46 | 26 | 33 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Victorian Heart Hospital · Heart valve replacement across Australia · Heart valve replacement in Victoria · All surgery waits in Victoria