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Neurosurgery in Victoria

Neurosurgery in Victoria: planned surgery waiting times at public hospitals, with the national figures beside them. Public hospitals in Victoria that published a median wait in 2024–25: 9.

A specialty covers many operations. Its figures describe all the patients treated under the specialty, and say nothing about one operation.

Figures for Victoria

Each tile shows the state figure and the national figure for the same measure. A state figure is never ranked.

Median wait, Victoria
35 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Median wait, Australia
37 days2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Victoria
1.9%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Waiting more than 365 days, Australia
3.8%2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Victoria
3,327 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Patients treated, Australia
12,867 surgeries2024–25, released 19 August 2026

Hospitals in Victoria

The shortest median wait comes first. A hospital with no published median wait follows, in name order, and has no rank.

A rank compares a hospital with every public hospital in Australia that published the same figure for the same period. The page shows a rank only on a current published figure. It never ranks a withheld or unreported figure. It also never ranks a figure from an earlier period.

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Neurosurgery: public hospitals in Victoria2024–25, released 19 August 2026
HospitalMedian waitWaiting more than 365 daysPatients treated
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]25 daysRank 8th of 41 nationally2.5%Rank 22nd of 35 nationally637 surgeries
The Alfred28 daysRank 11th of 41 nationally0.0%Rank 1st of 35 nationally493 surgeries
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]32 daysRank 15th of 41 nationally3.0%Rank 23rd of 35 nationally333 surgeries
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]39 daysRank 19th of 41 nationally1.7%Rank 17th of 35 nationally880 surgeries
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]40 daysRank 21st of 41 nationally1.6%Rank 16th of 35 nationally634 surgeries
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]42 daysRank 23rd of 41 nationally2.4%Rank 21st of 35 nationally166 surgeries
St Vincent's On the Park44 daysRank 25th of 41 nationallynot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figure13 surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]80 daysRank 36th of 41 nationally3.3%Rank 25th of 35 nationally92 surgeries
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]191 daysRank 41st of 41 nationally7.7%Rank 30th of 35 nationally78 surgeries
Sandringham Hospitalnot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare did not publish a figurenot published: too few patients

Each chart shows one figure for each year the source published it. A year with no published figure is a gap in the line, and the table under the chart gives the reason.

The charts show Australia and Victoria.

Neurosurgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
02040602012–132015–162018–192021–222024–25
  • Australia
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Neurosurgery: median wait by financial year2011–12 to 2024–25, released 19 August 2026
Financial yearAustraliaVictoria
2011–1231 days38 days
2012–1330 days44 days
2013–1431 days36 days
2014–1530 days34 days
2015–1633 days43 days
2016–1736 days43 days
2017–1836 days45 days
2018–1938 days48 days
2019–2035 days42 days
2020–2137 days29 days
2021–2228 days23 days
2022–2345 days49 days
2023–2442 days42 days
2024–2537 days35 days

All of Australia: Neurosurgery

Other states and territories

The same surgery in each state or territory with hospital figures.

What this page leaves out

Private hospitals are excluded. This page covers public hospitals only, so it shows no private hospital.

Before you use these figures

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Where this data comes from

  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and surgical specialty, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    20 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, elective surgery waiting times data extract, sourced 19 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times-by-specialty/v/2026-10-20/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    3 October 2026
    Data released
    19 August 2026
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, mapping details extract, sourced 3 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/v/2026-10-03/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reported measures and their codes in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reported measures, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reported-measures/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit mappings to health networks and states in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-unit-mappings/v/2026-10-27/
  • Dataset on publicdata.au
    Reporting unit codes and alternative names in MyHospitals, Australia
    Publisher
    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
    Version
    27 October 2026
    Data released
    The publisher gives no release date for this dataset.
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    How to cite this data
    Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Government, MyHospitals Data API, reporting units, sourced 26 October 2026, https://myhospitalsapi.aihw.gov.au/, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-myhospitals-reporting-units/v/2026-10-27/