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Neck disc removal and fusion waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for neck disc removal and fusion in Victoria public hospitals was 40 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 94 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Cervical discectomy and fusion".

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

6 public hospitals in Victoria reported neck disc removal and fusion in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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1 hospital has 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 94 days marks the national median.

Cervical discectomy and fusion 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 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 23 days not published 48 surgeries
2 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 27 days not published 37 surgeries
3 The Alfred 31 days 0.0% 66 surgeries
4 Western Hospital [Footscray] 34 days not published 11 surgeries
5 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 60 days 7.9% 76 surgeries
unranked Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] not published not published not published
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The median wait for neck disc removal and fusion in Victoria public hospitals was 40 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Neck disc removal and fusion waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cervical-discectomy-and-fusion/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/cervical-discectomy-and-fusion/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.