Laminectomy waiting times in Victoria

Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by their median wait for laminectomy.

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

7 public hospitals in Victoria reported laminectomy in 2024–25. The state median was 53 days; the national median was 66 days.

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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 66 days marks the national median.

The Alfred36 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]40 days
Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]55 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]61 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]70 days
Western Hospital [Footscray]70 days
Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]not published

Laminectomy 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	The Alfred	36 days	0.0%	54 surgeries
2	Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]	40 days	7.9%	76 surgeries
3	Monash Medical Centre [Clayton]	55 days	4.9%	61 surgeries
4	Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]	61 days	not published	18 surgeries
5	Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]	70 days	3.3%	211 surgeries
5	Western Hospital [Footscray]	70 days	not published	34 surgeries
unranked	Royal Children's Hospital [Parkville]	not published	not published	5 surgeries

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.