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Carotid artery plaque removal waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for carotid artery plaque removal in Victoria public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 20 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Carotid endarterectomy".

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.

12 public hospitals in Victoria reported carotid artery plaque removal in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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5 hospitals have no published median wait for this surgery in this period. They are listed last, marked "not published", and are never ranked.

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 20 days marks the national median.

Carotid endarterectomy in Victoria public hospitals, 2024–25. Hospitals with the same median share a rank and the next rank is skipped. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Rank Hospital Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
1 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 8 days not published 18 surgeries
2 Box Hill Hospital 13 days not published 11 surgeries
3 Western Hospital [Footscray] 17 days not published 12 surgeries
4 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 20 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 22 days not published 28 surgeries
6 University Hospital Geelong 26 days not published 22 surgeries
7 Frankston Hospital 27 days not published 11 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
unranked Maroondah Hospital [East Ringwood] not published not published not published
unranked The Alfred not published not published not published
unranked The Northern Hospital [Epping] not published not published not published
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The median wait for carotid artery plaque removal in Victoria public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Carotid artery plaque removal waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carotid-endarterectomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/carotid-endarterectomy/vic/), from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals data, CC BY 3.0 AU. Reference period 2024–25, released 28 May 2026.

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

Waiting times differ across state borders, and a referral can cross one — read what that means. Compare with every other state, or see every surgery reported in Victoria.