Surgery Waits

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy waiting times in Victoria

The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in Victoria public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was 17 days.

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

12 public hospitals in Victoria reported lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in 2024–25. They are ranked by their published median wait alone, shortest first.

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3 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 17 days marks the national median.

Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy 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 Bendigo Hospital 11 days not published 12 surgeries
2 Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus] 12 days 0.0% 123 surgeries
3 The Alfred 13 days 0.0% 65 surgeries
4 Frankston Hospital 14 days not published 30 surgeries
4 The Northern Hospital [Epping] 14 days not published 27 surgeries
6 Ballarat Health Services [Base Hospital] 17 days not published 31 surgeries
6 Western Hospital [Footscray] 17 days not published 37 surgeries
8 Box Hill Hospital 19 days not published 17 surgeries
9 St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne] 26 days 0.0% 63 surgeries
unranked Austin Hospital [Heidelberg] not published not published 8 surgeries
unranked Djerriwarrh Health Service [Bacchus Marsh] not published not published not published
unranked Latrobe Regional Hospital [Traralgon] not published not published not published
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The median wait for lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in Victoria public hospitals was 15 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026).

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Surgery Waits, "Lobectomy/wedge resection/pneumonectomy in VIC", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026.

Attribution: Surgery Waits (https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/lobectomy-wedge-resection-pneumonectomy/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.