Surgery Waits

Microlaryngoscopy waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

The median wait for microlaryngoscopy at this public hospital in the Footscray area of Victoria was 25 days in 2024–25.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
25 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
25 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 27 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 22 days in 2016–17 to 25 days in 2024–25 — up 14% — 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

Median wait, long waits and volume for Microlaryngoscopy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]25 daysnot published25 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)19 days4.6%439 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)26 days3.3%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for microlaryngoscopy by financial year at Western Hospital [Footscray], compared with Victoria and Australiadays081523302016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Western Hospital [Footscray] 25VIC 19Australia 26
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View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Microlaryngoscopy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodWestern Hospital [Footscray] (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17222224
2017–18212223
2018–19171925
2019–20181722
2020–21191823
2021–22141521
2022–23171622
2023–24221926
2024–25251926

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

All surgery at Western Hospital [Footscray] · Microlaryngoscopy across Australia · Microlaryngoscopy in Victoria