--- title: "Voice box scope surgery waiting times in Victoria" description: "Public hospitals in Victoria ranked by median wait for Voice box scope surgery in 2024–25." url: "https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/vic/" --- # Voice box scope surgery waiting times in Victoria The median wait for voice box scope surgery in Victoria public hospitals was **19 days** in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The national median was **26 days**. The source publishes this surgery as "Microlaryngoscopy". Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026. 19 public hospitals in Victoria reported voice box scope surgery 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 "Microlaryngoscopy" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept. 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 26 days marks the national median. - [Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peter-maccallum-cancer-centre/microlaryngoscopy/): 6 days - [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/): 13 days - [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/microlaryngoscopy/): 14 days - [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/microlaryngoscopy/): 14 days - [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/): 19 days - [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/microlaryngoscopy/): 20 days - [The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-royal-victorian-eye-ear-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/): 20 days - [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/microlaryngoscopy/): 22 days - [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/): 23 days - [Western Hospital \[Footscray\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/western-hospital-footscray/microlaryngoscopy/): 25 days - [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/microlaryngoscopy/): 56 days - [Albury Wodonga Health \[Wodonga Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albury-wodonga-health-wodonga-campus/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Goulburn Valley Health \[Shepparton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-valley-health-shepparton/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Latrobe Regional Hospital \[Traralgon\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/latrobe-regional-hospital-traralgon/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Monash Medical Centre \[Moorabbin\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-moorabbin/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [Northeast Health Wangaratta](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northeast-health-wangaratta/microlaryngoscopy/): not published - [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/microlaryngoscopy/): not published Microlaryngoscopy 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 | [Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/peter-maccallum-cancer-centre/microlaryngoscopy/) | 6 days | not published | 11 surgeries | | 2 | [Box Hill Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/box-hill-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | 13 days | not published | 48 surgeries | | 3 | [Austin Hospital \[Heidelberg\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/austin-hospital-heidelberg/microlaryngoscopy/) | 14 days | 8.2% | 85 surgeries | | 3 | [The Alfred](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-alfred/microlaryngoscopy/) | 14 days | not published | 29 surgeries | | 5 | [Ballarat Health Services \[Base Hospital\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/ballarat-health-services-base-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | 19 days | not published | 25 surgeries | | 6 | [The Northern Hospital \[Epping\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-northern-hospital-epping/microlaryngoscopy/) | 20 days | not published | 14 surgeries | | 6 | [The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/the-royal-victorian-eye-ear-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | 20 days | not published | 10 surgeries | | 8 | [Royal Melbourne Hospital \[City Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-melbourne-hospital-city-campus/microlaryngoscopy/) | 22 days | 4.5% | 67 surgeries | | 9 | [Sunshine Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/sunshine-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | 23 days | not published | 24 surgeries | | 10 | [Western Hospital \[Footscray\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/western-hospital-footscray/microlaryngoscopy/) | 25 days | not published | 25 surgeries | | 11 | [Royal Children's Hospital \[Parkville\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/royal-childrens-hospital-parkville/microlaryngoscopy/) | 56 days | 9.3% | 75 surgeries | | unranked | [Albury Wodonga Health \[Wodonga Campus\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/albury-wodonga-health-wodonga-campus/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Frankston Hospital](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/frankston-hospital/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | 9 surgeries | | unranked | [Goulburn Valley Health \[Shepparton\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/goulburn-valley-health-shepparton/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital \[Heidelberg West\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/heidelberg-repatriation-hospital-heidelberg-west/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [Latrobe Regional Hospital \[Traralgon\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/latrobe-regional-hospital-traralgon/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Monash Medical Centre \[Moorabbin\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/monash-medical-centre-moorabbin/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | 5 surgeries | | unranked | [Northeast Health Wangaratta](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/northeast-health-wangaratta/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published | | unranked | [St Vincent's Hospital \[Melbourne\]](https://surgerywaits.au/hospital/st-vincents-hospital-melbourne/microlaryngoscopy/) | not published | not published | not published | Ranked by area in Victoria: [near St Albans](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/near/st-albans/). **Cite this page** > The median wait for voice box scope surgery in Victoria public hospitals was 19 days in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). ### Copy-ready citation ``` Surgery Waits, "Voice box scope surgery waiting times in Victoria", 2024–25 data released 28 May 2026, https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/vic/, accessed 28 May 2026. ``` Attribution: Surgery Waits ([https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/vic/](https://surgerywaits.au/surgery/microlaryngoscopy/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/microlaryngoscopy/), 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. 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