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Keyhole sinus surgery waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 140 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 214 days. The source publishes this surgery as "Functional endoscopic sinus surgery".

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

27 public hospitals in Victoria reported keyhole sinus surgery in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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8 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 214 days marks the national median.

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery 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 University Hospital Geelong 34 days not published 29 surgeries
2 Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] 49 days 36.0% 50 surgeries
3 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 60 days not published 48 surgeries
3 The Alfred 60 days 1.1% 91 surgeries
5 St Vincent's On the Park 75 days not published 41 surgeries
6 The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital 82 days not published 28 surgeries
7 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 87 days not published 44 surgeries
8 Monash Medical Centre [Clayton] 96 days not published 27 surgeries
9 Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin] 116 days 20.4% 98 surgeries
10 Casey Hospital 146 days not published 30 surgeries
11 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 151 days 25.0% 76 surgeries
12 Sunshine Hospital 185 days not published 28 surgeries
13 Frankston Public Surgical Centre 210 days not published 26 surgeries
13 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 210 days 19.2% 78 surgeries
15 Box Hill Hospital 241 days 33.3% 54 surgeries
16 Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] 257 days not published 13 surgeries
17 Frankston Hospital 385 days not published 34 surgeries
18 Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West] 387 days 52.1% 73 surgeries
19 Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] 473 days 57.4% 54 surgeries
unranked Blackburn Public Surgical Centre not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre not published not published not published
unranked Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville] not published not published 9 surgeries
unranked South West Healthcare [Warrnambool] not published not published 5 surgeries
unranked West Gippsland Healthcare Group [Warragul] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Western Hospital [Footscray] not published not published not published
unranked Williamstown Hospital not published not published 6 surgeries

Ranked by area in Victoria: near Clayton · near Fitzroy · near Frankston · near Heidelberg.

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The median wait for keyhole sinus surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 140 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Keyhole sinus surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/functional-endoscopic-sinus-surgery/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.

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