--- title: "Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) waiting times in Victoria" description: "Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by median wait for Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/vic/" --- # Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) waiting times in Victoria The median wait for brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in Victoria public hospitals was **20 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **20 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Craniotomy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 8 public hospitals in Victoria reported brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first. **[Compare this near you →](https://surgerywaits.au/)** On the compare page, pick "Craniotomy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 2 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. - [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/craniotomy/): 14 days - [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/craniotomy/): 17 days - [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/craniotomy/): 20 days - [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/craniotomy/): 22 days - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/craniotomy/): 34 days - [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/craniotomy/): 46 days - [Dandenong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dandenong-hospital/craniotomy/): not published - [South West Healthcare \[Warrnambool\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-west-healthcare-warrnambool/craniotomy/): not published Craniotomy 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 | [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/craniotomy/) | 14 days | 1.1% | 92 surgeries | | 2 | [Monash Medical Centre \[Clayton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-clayton/craniotomy/) | 17 days | 0.7% | 138 surgeries | | 3 | [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/craniotomy/) | 20 days | 1.0% | 203 surgeries | | 4 | [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/craniotomy/) | 22 days | 0.0% | 205 surgeries | | 5 | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/craniotomy/) | 34 days | not published | 18 surgeries | | 6 | [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/craniotomy/) | 46 days | 1.5% | 65 surgeries | | unranked | [Dandenong Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/dandenong-hospital/craniotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [South West Healthcare \[Warrnambool\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/south-west-healthcare-warrnambool/craniotomy/) | not published | not published | not published | **Cite this page** > The median wait for brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in Victoria public hospitals was 20 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Brain surgery through the skull (craniotomy) in VIC", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/vic/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/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](https://surgerywaits.au/guides/referral-to-another-hospital/). Compare with [every other state](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/), or see [every surgery reported in Victoria](https://surgerywaits.au/state/vic/). ## Before you use these figures Surgery Waits is not medical advice. It republishes official statistics about waiting times that have already happened, and it does not recommend any hospital, doctor or treatment. Your general practitioner (GP) and your treating specialist are the right people to help you decide what is appropriate for you. **In an emergency call 000.** Waiting-time figures: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare MyHospitals, licensed under [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/). Quarterly state figures: Queensland Health. Suburb and locality data: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Both licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Surgery Waits is not connected with any of these organisations. Surgery Waits is published by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). * * * This is the Markdown copy of https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/craniotomy/vic/.